Belgian Munition Works, Clevedon Road, Barnes, Richmond, London, September 1918. Artist: Adolph Augustus Boucher.

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Belgian Munition Works, Clevedon Road, Barnes, Richmond, London, September 1918. An interior view of a workshop in the Belgian Munition Works, also known as the Pelabon Works, showing workers, predominantly women, using lathes to create ammunition casings or other parts. During the First World War Belgian engineer Charles Pelabon established a munitions factory in Clevedon Road employing Belgian refugees to manufacture hand grenades and artillery shells.

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Size: 4809px × 3964px
Location: World,Europe,United Kingdom,England,Greater London,Richmond upon Thames,Barnes
Photo credit: © Historic England/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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