Reference
BR80
Title
Album of the factory showing its various shops and processes - very few images show workers.
Date free text
1933-1953
Production date
From: 1933 To: 1953
Scope and Content
page 1 - Foundry Block roff reconstrution 1933.
page 2 - Foundry Block extension 1934-37.
page 3 - Foundry Block AIb machine moulding 1948.
page 4 - A1b M/c moulding experimental sand silos.
page 5 - Die casting equipment 1940.
page 6 - A1c Core Making pre 1939.
page 7 - A1c Core Making 1940.
page 8 - A2 Sandhandling 1933-1944.
page 9 - A2 Sandhanding 1944.
page 10 - A3 Melting 1938.
page 11 - A3 Melting 1940.
page 12 - A4 Cleaning & Heat Treatment 1948.
page 13 - A5 Foundry Inspection 1933-1950 including view of bicycle shed with bicycles.
page 14 - A6 Annealing 1933.
page 15 - A6 Annealing oven extension 1938.
page 16 - A6 Annealing 1934.
page 17 - A6 Annealing 1934-1952.
page 18 - A6a Annealing 1939-1952.
page 19 - A7 Grinding 1933-1940.
page 20 - A7 Grinding 1940.
page 21 - A8 Dressing & Straightening 1933-1940.
page 22 - A9a & A15a Varnishing A9b Size up 1933.
page 23 - A9a Rough Stock 1934-1940.
page 24 - A10 Galvanizing 1933.
page 25 - Machine Shop general 1933-1940.
page 26 - Machine Shop general 1934-1948.
page 27 - Machine Shop general 1934-1948.
page 28 - A17 Packing & Despatch 1934.
page 29 - O7b Tool Room 1933-1940.
page 30 - Compressor House 1933-1939.
page 31 - Sub-station No.1 1933-1939.
page 32 - Truck Shop 1940 (no vehicles present).
page 33 - Canteen 1941.
page 34 - General exterior views including gate house and railway sidings 1933-1945.
page 35 - Main offices 1939.
page 36 - Floods 1947.
Pocket at the back: photograph of three workmen dated 9 May ?53, two photographs dated 22 May showing workmen building walls (possibly Annealing oven? compare with page 15 and of two senior personnel inspecting the work, set four photographs dated 28 May showing details of the brick laying work.
Exent
No. of pieces: 262
Level of description
item