Cunard Shell Works, Rimrose Road, Bootle, Merseyside
These women are checking shells to ensure that they meet the standards set; an irregular shell may explode in the barrel of the gun. Rigorous controls were applied to the manufacturing processes at this site, which still managed to produce nearly 5,000 shells a week.
Location
Merseyside BootlePeriod
World War One (1914 - 1919)Themes
