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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 factory at Waterford which made cartridge cases; opened in 1917. This may have been classed as a National Cartridge Factory.
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