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National Projectile Factory


The National Projectile Factory at Birtley was built in the First World War by Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd. Interestingly all the management and workers there were Belgian, from the nearby village of Elisabethville which had been built to accommodate them. 

Birtley First World War Elisabethville
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Rough turning the shell body

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from TWAM (flickr)
Rough facing

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from TWAM (flickr)
Riveting of the base plate

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Ripping the nose end

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Boring the shell cavity

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from TWAM (flickr)
Drilling and tapping nose end

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from TWAM (flickr)
The base of the shell is centred

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from TWAM (flickr)
Facing centre of the shell

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from TWAM (flickr)
Boring the nose end of the shell

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from TWAM (flickr)
Finish turning the shell

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from TWAM (flickr)
Polishing inside for inspection

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from TWAM (flickr)
Creating groove undercut and wavy serrations

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from TWAM (flickr)
Turning the copper band

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Pressing the copper band on the shell

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from TWAM (flickr)
Blending the nose end

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from TWAM (flickr)
Machining heads

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Filing weight off the radius

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from TWAM (flickr)
Boring to fit the disc

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Machining the base plates

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First World War
  Co-Curate Page
First World War
- The 11th of November 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the singing of the Armistice between the Allies and Germany, bringing an end to the First World War. The 4th …
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Tyne and Wear HER(13373): Birtley, National Projectile Factory/Royal Ordnance Factory
- "At the beginning of the First World War Britain had insufficient ammunition to match that of the German army. The Government of National Unity built National Projectile Factories with private …

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Tyne & Wear HER: 13373
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