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Cunard Shell Works, Rimrose Road, Bootle, Merseyside
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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.
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Reference: BL/24001/113
Location: Merseyside >> Bootle Date Taken: 1917
Period: World War One (1914 - 1919)
Keywords: people, women, war, work, worker, explosives, ammunition, World War One (1914 - 1919)
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