Canadian Ordnance Factory

[MINENAZ16]

Nices pictures here : https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/objects/202997/mrs-v-coole-presents-shell-to-col-smith-ajax-sept-11

 

[MINENAZ16]

 

[TimG]

The one of the women sewing what I think are 5.5" bag charges surprises me, as there's a lot of propellant there, on that table alone.

TimG

 

[Rrickoshae]

The one of the women sewing what I think are 5.5" bag charges surprises me, as there's a lot of propellant there, on that table alone.

TimG

They probably weren’t allowed to smoke while working!

 

[LEAFLET]

What a wonderful pictures from the "Good" old times.
Thanks for posting MINENAZ16.

 

[apfsds]

These pictures are great! Thanks so much for sharing them. Could you post them in the, IAA also. I think they have an old thread on women working in ammunition factories. Regardless, Awesome pictures to see.

Jason

 

[Bombdoc]

The one of the women sewing what I think are 5.5" bag charges surprises me, as there's a lot of propellant there, on that table alone.

TimG

Agreed.. they are 5.5" charges, however it may be a staged photo in a training room as the bundle of "cordite" looks more like the varnished cord they used for drill cartridges.

I can't see any logic in having bare propellant and made up charges on the same table in a real ammo lab..

I suspect none of the ammunition was live.. The "chest full of PIAT bombs" have no filling rings, and although some of the others are marked up, I would imagine they are instructional inert.

I am still cringing seeing those QF cases being stood on their ends.. sacrilege!

 

[MINENAZ16]

Il think lot of promotional pictures.
Everybody is happy, everything is clean, no danger, what a beautiful life !

 

[Gspragge]

I was surprized to see the MK1 75mm present. I have one and I would like to know
who made it, if any one knows the marking.

 

[MINENAZ16]

For the case I see CL/C : I have from a former post, "Canadian Lamp Co/Canada"
On the shell, I can't see the second letter is it PS/C or PG/C ("Pickering Canada Filling Factory, Ontario") ?