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Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: H.M.S. Shannon Vickers Sons & Maxims Gun Works, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

H.M.S. Shannon Vickers Sons & Maxims Gun Works, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
H.M.S. Shannon Vickers Sons & Maxims Gun Works, 1915. The Vickers, Sons and Maxim ordnance and ammunition factory at Barrow-in-Furness, England.

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: English women finishing a 9.2 shell, between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

English women finishing a 9.2 shell, between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
English women finishing a 9.2 shell, between c1915 and 1917. Women workers inspecting 9.2 explosive shells in a factory during World War I

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: Experiments with the Armstrong 600-pounder against the Warrior floating target, 1864

Experiments with the Armstrong 600-pounder against the Warrior floating target, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Section of the Warrior floating target, showing the hole made by the 600-pound shell and the displacement of the upper plate, 1864

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: Experiments with the Armstrong 600-pounder against the Warrior floating target, 1864

Experiments with the Armstrong 600-pounder against the Warrior floating target, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Experiments with the Armstrong 600-pounder against the Warrior floating target, 1864. The sight presented by the target when struck was very grand

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: Three generations: A.P. Kalganov with son and granddaughter; the last two work in the shops

Three generations: A.P. Kalganov with son and granddaughter; the last two work in the shops of the Zlatoust plant, 1910. Two men and a woman posed outdoors at the Zlatoust arms plant. A. P

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: Chimney of old Confederate Powder Works Mill, Augusta, Ga. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown

Chimney of old Confederate Powder Works Mill, Augusta, Ga. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Chimney of old Confederate Powder Works Mill, Augusta, Ga. between 1900 and 1910

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: Hendrik Trip's Cannon Foundry in Julitabruk, Sweden, 1650-1675. Creator: Allart van Everdingen

Hendrik Trip's Cannon Foundry in Julitabruk, Sweden, 1650-1675. Creator: Allart van Everdingen
Hendrik Trip's Cannon Foundry in Julitabruk, Sweden, 1650-1675

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: The Gun Factory, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Gun Factory, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Gun Factory, 1917

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: Jacobus Trip (1627-70), Armaments Dealer of Amsterdam and Dordrecht, 1647-1670

Jacobus Trip (1627-70), Armaments Dealer of Amsterdam and Dordrecht, 1647-1670. Creator: Bartholomeus van der Helst
Jacobus Trip (1627-70), Armaments Dealer of Amsterdam and Dordrecht, 1647-1670

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: Shops, U.S. Armory, Springfield, Mass. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown

Shops, U.S. Armory, Springfield, Mass. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Shops, U.S. Armory, Springfield, Mass. between 1900 and 1920

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: naval practice with a 100-pounder, 1862

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: naval practice with a 100-pounder, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: naval practice with a 100-pounder, 1862. British sailors firing a cannon. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: casting the shot and shell for 100... 1862

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: casting the shot and shell for 100... 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: casting the shot and shell for 100 pounders, 1862. In viewing the manner in which the work is carried out in the various branches of the Royal

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the guns at the proof-butts, 1862

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the guns at the proof-butts, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the guns at the proof-butts, 1862.... to fire a piece of ordnance...by the ordinary method of a man pulling a friction-tube while others are

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: finish-turning a 100-pounder, 1862

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: finish-turning a 100-pounder, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: finish-turning a 100-pounder, 1862. The gun, being now completely built up, is carried to a lathe for the purpose of being finish-turned

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. This is the upper floor of a two-storied building upwards of 200ft. in length and 60ft

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: firing from the rests, 1862

Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: firing from the rests, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: firing from the rests, 1862. At the Royal Laboratory practice-range of Woolwich Arsenal number of gunmakers of celebrity were present

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: the rifle-rest, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: the rifle-rest, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: the rifle-rest, 1862. At the Royal Laboratory practice-range of Woolwich Arsenal number of gunmakers of celebrity were present

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: the Council of the National Rifle

Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: the Council of the National Rifle... 1862 Creator: Unknown
Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: the Council of the National Rifle Association watching the target, 1862

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: welding the coil, 1862. Creator: W Thomas

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: welding the coil, 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: welding the coil, 1862. An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: coiling the bars, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: coiling the bars, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: coiling the bars, 1862. An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: drawing down and welding the... 1862

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: drawing down and welding the... 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: drawing down and welding the bars previous to coiling, 1862. An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field

Background imageWeapons Industry Collection: Finishing shells at Woolwich Arsenal, 1862. Creator: W Thomas

Finishing shells at Woolwich Arsenal, 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Finishing shells at Woolwich Arsenal, 1862. Exertions are continued at Woolwich to supply munitions of war to the British possessions in North America...The splendid shell foundry is capable of


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