Cunard Shell Works, Bootle

Cunard Shell Works, Bootle, Merseyside. Artillery shell casings at various stages of completion, standing in a storage area. In 1915 the Cunard Steamship Company's store and engineering works at Rimrose Road, Bootle, was converted into a munitions factory. Four-and-a-half-inch, six-inch and eight-inch shells were brought to Cunard's Shell Works to be finished, checked and varnished before being taken to another factory in the area to be filled with explosive

Bootle Casings Checked Companys Completion Converted Cunard Explosive Filled Finished Inch Merseyside Munitions Rimrose Shells Stages Varnished

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