FULMINATE COMPOSITION CHARGING, STEEL SHIELD, WITH WINDOW OF HEAVY GLASS TO THE RIGHT.
Girl operating the same device on the left. The view shows the bulkhead between the operations.
SHELL PAINTING.
This view shows the exhaust hood open and turntable lowered. Operator raises turntable by foot lever and closes hood before spraying.
GENERAL VIEW OF SHELL-PAINTING ROOM.
Shell is received on the elevated platform and trucked to the edge on hand trucks, where the trolley hook just enters the eyebolt as shell is removed from truck, thus making it unnecessary to lift the shell during any operation in this room.
All fixed ammunition was assembled at the shell-filling plants, making it necessary to install at these points storage capacity and equipment to handle the propellant powder as well as to fill the high-explosive shell. Boosters and fuses were loaded at separate plants and shipped to the shell-filling assembly places to be packed for shipment with the shell for transportation overseas.