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  • The 'L' Press. Forging the Jacket of an 18-inch Gun: Armstrong-Whitworth Works, Openshaw, 1918 The 'L' Press. Forging the Jacket of an 18-inch Gun: Armstrong-Whitworth Works, Openshaw, 1918

    (art) Made by: Airy, Anna 1918

    image: The interior view of a munitions factory showing the manufacture of 18' guns with munition workers. A figure in suit and bowler hat stands in the foreground. There is a warm orange light spread over the scene emitted from the forge in the right of...

  • A Shell Forge at a National Projectile Factory, Hackney Marshes, London, 1918 A Shell Forge at a National Projectile Factory, Hackney Marshes, London, 1918

    (art) Made by: Airy, Anna 1918

    image: The interior view of a shell forge showing the glowing hot shell cases emerging from the furnaces on the left of the composition. Munitions workers man the furnaces on the left; in the foreground is the back of a worker leaning over a glowing hot...

  • Women Working in a Gas Retort House: South Metropolitan Gas Company, London Women Working in a Gas Retort House: South Metropolitan Gas Company, London

    (art) Made by: Airy, Anna 1918

    image: The interior view of a gasworks showing the retort process. Several women dressed in dark overalls stand at work on the floor of the gasworks. The focal point is the clouds of grey smoke and yellow flames emitted from the wall on the left of the...

  • Shop for Machining 15-inch Shells: Singer Manufacturing Company, Clydebank, Glasgow, 1918 Shop for Machining 15-inch Shells: Singer Manufacturing Company, Clydebank, Glasgow, 1918

    (art) Made by: Airy, Anna 1918

    image: The interior view of a munitions factory showing the production of 15 inch shells by women factory workers. There are winches hanging from the ceiling and large steel shell cases sitting on wooden trolleys in the centre of the image. There are...

  • An Aircraft Assembly Shop, Hendon An Aircraft Assembly Shop, Hendon

    (art) Made by: Airy, Anna 1918

    image: The interior view from an elevated position showing the shop-floor of an aircraft assembly factory. The aircraft are seen in various stages of assembly to the left and right of the image. In the centre are lines of workbenches and a range of...

  • The Shell Forge The Shell Forge

    (art) Made by: Airy, Anna

    image: A scene showing the interior of a munitions factory producing shell cases. A line of cases sit on the floor to the left. In the right of the print stand the different factory personnel involved in the production process.