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Date 5 August 2024
Event ID 1182065
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
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Factory built and opened by ICI to fulfill Ministry of Aircraft Production contracts during World War 2. Its function was to fill and assemble Incendiary Bombs. Building began in November 1942 and was completed in July 1943. The site covered 74 acres, had 2.5 miles of main line railway track and 67 buildings. The maximum workforce reached 1280 of which 900 were women. MS8270/19
