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Former Drill Hall, Strand Road


The Drill Hall on Strand Road in Carlisle was built in 1874 for the Carlisle Rifle Volunteers.[1] During the First World War, the Drill Hall served as The East Cumberland National Shell Factory, which was established on 18th September 1915. By 1917, the factory was producing 4,000 shells a week. In October that year, the factory employed 257 people, of whom 81 per cent were women.[2] In 2014 most of the Drill Hall was demolished, but the frontage was retained and incorporated into a new arts complex for Carlisle College / Cumbria Institute of the Arts, now part of the University of Cumbria.

Strand Road, Carlisle Carlisle at War 1874
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The former Drill Hall, frontage on Strand Road
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Inscription revealed at the old Drill Hall
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The former Drill Hall - main entrance
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Back of the former Drill Hall, view from Georgian Way
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East Cumberland National Shell Factory
- The East Cumberland National Shell Factory was established at a War Office Rifle Drill Hall on Strand Road, Carlisle, on 18th September 1915. This was lent free of rent for …
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New arts complex for Carlisle College under construction
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The former Drill Hall - side of building and car park
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Demolition in progress - Drill Hall main shed
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