Machine Gun Factory
Established by the Ministry of Munitions at Burton on Trent
1917 A specially convened sub-committee of the Munitions Council decided that machine gun production was inadequate for the probable requirements of 1918 and a new factory would be required. A site was chosen at Burton-on-Trent. The aim was to produce 400 machine guns per week but factory construction was still underway at the time of the Armistice. Brick and steel-framed buildings were erected. Consideration was briefly given to keeping the site for machine gun repair or for future manufacture but this proved impractical and the site was sold off.[1]
Constructed: 1917
First output: 1919
Purpose: Repairing machine guns
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ First World War National Factories; English Heritage
- Ministry of Munitions [1]