Aircraft manufacturing, Waring and Gillow factory, Lancaster, Lancashire, January 1917. Artist: H Bedford Lemere.

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Aircraft manufacturing, Waring and Gillow factory, St Leonard's Gate, Lancaster, Lancashire, January 1917. The production of biplane wings, showing female workers sewing wing fabric. One of a series of photographs for furniture manufacturers Waring and Gillow. During the First World War their factories in Lancaster and London were used for the war effort, producing aircraft components and ammunition cases.

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Photo credit: © Historic England/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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