'2" Howitzer Bomb. Core making.'

Maker
Unknown
Production date
1915-1918
 Description
View of three men working at a bench making cores for moulds. There are moulding boxes on the bench. There is a hammer, spade, bellows and other tools on the floor. A sieve lies against the wall. In the foreground are moulding boxes for howitzer bombs. They were moulded in pairs. From "Munition Work Record. The Falkirk Iron Coy, Ltd, 1915-1918."
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Production date
1915-1918
Subject person
Subject place
Castlelaurie Works/Bankside/Bainsford/Falkirk area
Subject notes
A hollow casting such as a bomb needed a core inside the mould so that the space would not fill with molten iron. Cores were made from moulding sand in two halves which were then glued together and baked in a stove. It was often women's work.
The photograph is from 'Munition Work Record. The Falkirk Iron Coy, Ltd, 1915-1918.' Much of the munitions were produced at its Castlelaurie Foundry.
Accession number
P05184

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