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LAMBETH ROAD TRAMWAY CARRIAGE WORKS
ALTERNATIVE NAME: LAMBETH ROAD NATIONAL SHELL FACTORY
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A First World War National Shell Factory was established at Lambeth Road Tramway Carriage Works in 1915. The Liverpool Corporation offered the Liverpool Munitions Committee the works of their Tramway Department to be used as a depot for issuing material and rectifying and finishing the shell of their contractors. It was managed by the Manager of the Corporation Tramways. The lay-out proved particularly suitable; the works being equipped with a large number of machines, which were reinforced with new tools. Skilled labour was transferred from the Tramways Department and the capital expenditure was only £22,000. In October 1918, 363 people were employed of which 87 per cent were women. The total A First World War National Shell Factory was established at Lambeth Road Tramway Carriage Works in 1915. The Liverpool Corporation offered the Liverpool Munitions Committee the works of their Tramway Department to be used as a depot for issuing material and rectifying and finishing the shell of their contractors. It was managed by the Manager of the Corporation Tramways. The lay-out proved particularly suitable; the works being equipped with a large number of machines, which were reinforced with new tools. Skilled labour was transferred from the Tramways Department and the capital expenditure was only £22,000. In October 1918, 363 people were employed of which 87 per cent were women. The total number of shell that passed through the factory was 1.6m 18 pounder, 169,700 4.5 inch, 40,600 2.75 inch, 6,600 60 pounder, 1,600 15 pounder and 17,100 18 pounder smoke shell. [1]
Historic OS maps indicate the Tramway Carriage Works at SJ34889306 were first erected sometime between 1890 and 1908. [2-3]
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(1) The Official History of the Ministry of Munitions
Volume VIII Control of Industrial Capacity and Equipment Page(s)110
(2) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)
1:2500, 1890
(3) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)
1:2500, 1908 |
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