Birmingham Small Arms Company, Armoury Road, Birmingham, West Midlands

Interior of the barrel shop at the Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) factory in Smallheath. Workers are finishing gun barrels. The BSA factory was founded in 1861. This photograph, taken for Waring & Gillow Ltd, shows rifle barrels or possibly barrels for Lewis guns, a light machine gun used both on the battlefield and on aircraft.

Location

West Midlands Birmingham

Period

World War One (1914 - 1919)

Tags

men work factory wwi world war one gun ammunition ww1 first