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Description: | This is a model of a shell casing press, as used at the Royal Ordnance Factory at Birtley. The original press was built by Tailor and Challen of Birmingham. It could flatten the end of a cartridge case with a force of up to 2,000 tons. Such a machine was as tall as a two storey house. This model was made in the 1960s by apprentices at the Royal Ordnance Factory. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | made in the North East industry | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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