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Description: | Enfield's history of arms and munitions production played a significant role during the First World War. This photograph taken c.1917 shows the Machine Shop at Ponders End Shell Works in Enfield and the machinery used to produce eight inch shell munitions. The Ponders End Shell Works was built during the First World War in direct response to the huge increase in demand for shells on the western front. The Works were expanded with grants paid by the Ministry of Munitions and employed 6,000 people on day and night shifts, including a large number of girls and women. In the first half of 1916, 600,000 eight inch shells were produced at the works. The Ponders End Shell Works closed in 1919 and many of the buildings were sold off or demolished. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Enfield Museum Service | Rights holder: | Enfield Museum Service | Subjects: | London at War | Source: | Enfield Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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