Miscellaneous

Foleshill Railway: miscfr003

This picture of the Shell Shop was taken in the White & Poppe factory in Holbrooks. The picture and a lot of information is included in the excellent book 'We re-invented the Wheel', a Dunlop history, by Ron Vice.

Workers can be seen loading the shells on to a train inside factory. Clearly with the locomotive in steam these shells have just been manufactured and need to be taken away for filling with explosive. The shells in view are of a similar calibre to the gun barrels that were manufactured in the same industrial complex. C1916

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