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75th Anniversary of CAD Kineton UK

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Here are photos taken around 1957 when I started there, showing ammunition stacking and handling at that time followed by a pair of more up to date photos.
These Explosives Storehouses (ESH) were thrown up in a hurry in 1942 and when I was there some were splitting down the walls and leaked. See the officer in photo 2 in his rubber boots.
These cylinders probably contained Cartridges 20 Pounder.
The ESHs were all rail served and had a line into the shed, which put rail wagons level with the platform. This must have been a small ESH because there was a wall at the other side of the platform. The line ran down the middle in the larger two sided ESHs. They are unloading Shell 5.5" HE.
The last photo is modern palletisation.
 

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I did a week there, stocktaking, a few years ago. Standards havn't changed much :p
 
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