Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,647 pages of information and 247,064 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

National Components Factory

From Graces Guide

Established by the Ministry of Munitions at Tipton

Original function: unknown. Opened: early 1917. Management: Bean and Son Ltd. Munitions: ammunition components such as fuzes, HE shell heads and nose bushes.

There was also a National Cartridge Factory at Waterford which made cartridge cases; opened in 1917.

See Also

Sources of Information

  • National Factories Controlled by the Ministry of Munitions, June 1915-November 1918
  • Ministry of Munitions [1]