'6" Chemical Shell. Core Making.'

Maker
Glasgow Herald
Production date
1915-1918
 Description
View of workshop lit by roof lights and electric light. A number of munitionettes are engaged in core making, probably under the supervision of the man on the left. On the floor is a mound of moulding sand which is being sieved into a barrow. On the floor is a pile of iron stick tails for howitzer shells. From "Munition Work Record. The Falkirk Iron Coy, Ltd, 1915-1918."

This photo is not available as a scanned image. You can see the original in the Archives in Callendar House.

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Maker
Production date
1915-1918
Subject person
Subject place
Castlelaurie Works/Bankside/Bainsford/Falkirk area
Subject notes
A hollow casting such as a shell 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.
In 1915 the UK government took power over munitions production and directed many women into the industry; their numbers rose from 212,000 in 1914 to 950,000 by 1918. On average their pay was less than half that of men. They became known as munitionettes.
Accession number
P05218

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