The Great War Centenary
1917 - ExhibitionBoomtown - From
Front Line to White Lund
Panoramic View of National Filling Factory Number
13
This series of photographs was probably taken from a water tower near
to the Power House.
We have not edited these 'thumbnail' images, they are how the original
photographs survive, which are shown below.
View of power house and boiler house. The Lancaster to Morecambe
railway line can just been seen in the bottom left hand corner.
This building was vital during the fire and explosions. The power
house and boiler house carried on their function through the brave
efforts of the men employed there, which in turn allowed steam to be
supplied to the fireless locomotive which was used to remove fully
loaded railway wagons out of the danger area.
Accession Number: LM1976-6-1
Construction of National Filling Factory Number 13 is well underway in
this photograph. The blast wall running from the bottom right hand
corner into the photograph is clear in this view.
Accession Number: LM1976-6-2
National Filling Factory Number 13 at White Lund Morecambe. At the
bottom of the photograph you can see the protective blast wall, built of
brick with earth added. The brick building under construction is
one of the discharge houses, part of which still remains today.
The road on the right is the same road which survives today on the
industrial estate at White Lund.
Accession Number: LM1976-6-3
National Filling Factory Number 13 at White Lund, Morecambe. These
wooden buildings including the office block and canteen, further to the
rear in the middle are brick built magazines for the storage of
dangerous materials.
Accession Number: LM1976-6-4
View of the canteen building of the National Filling Factory Number 13
at White, whilst the site was under construction.
Accession Number: LM1976-6-5
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