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no.7260

Vickers New Shell Shop, No 8 Bay, Shrapnel

c. 1915

Mounted Vickers Archive photo for postcard. View of long bay, women workers with male supervisors. Shrapnel filling tables on left. Stacks of shells and Lathe drives on right. Vickers Engineering Works (next to the shipyard)

https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=4139

no.7260

Vickers New Shell Shop, No 8 Bay, Shrapnel

c. 1915

Mounted Vickers Archive photo for postcard. View of long bay, women workers with male supervisors. Shrapnel filling tables on left. Stacks of shells and Lathe drives on right. Vickers Engineering Works (next to the shipyard)

Location: Barrow-in-Furness Barrow Island Ward Cumbria Archives Reference: BDB 86/1/2256
Sankey Number: 7260

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7260    Vickers Ltd, Barrow, New Shell Shop No 8 Bay Shrapnel Mainly women workers in large shed; shells being made.
7261    Vickers Ltd , Barrow, New Shell Shop No 3 Bay 12 inch shells Pulley driven machinery
7262    Vickers Ltd, Barrow, New Shell Shop No 6 Bay Pulley driven machinery
7263    Vickers Ltd, Barrow, New Shell Shop No 7 Bay Pulley driven machinery. Hundreds of shells.
7264    Vickers Ltd, Barrow, New Shell Shop Banding 9.2 shells Pulley driven machinery
7265    Vickers Ltd, Barrow, New Shell Shop Final Examination Few people: hundreds of shells
7266    Vickers Ltd, Barrow, Shell Shop Inspection Department Men and women examining hundreds of shells