Men and women at work on the machines in machine shop number one at the Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) factory

Date:
Jan 1917 - Feb 1917
Location:
Birmingham Small Arms Company, Armoury Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, Birmingham
Reference:
BL23720/002
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The BSA factory was founded in 1861. During the First World War, it produced rifles, Lewis guns and shells as well as military vehicles. The photograph is one of a set taken for Waring and Gillow Limited.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series of photographic negatives and prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Client: Waring And Gillow

Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company

Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Early 20th Century Factory, First World War, Industrial Heritage, People At Work