wareffort

82 photos tagged wareffort, from 7 members of Flickr Commons.

When were these photos taken?

1915

2014

6% of these photos are geotagged.

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The last upload was May 2015.

Drilling cylinder blade stops (1914 – 18) from North East Museums uploaded May 2015
Turning flanges (1914 – 18) from North East Museums uploaded May 2015
Working shaping machine (1914 – 18) from North East Museums uploaded May 2015
Working out lathe (1914 – 18) from North East Museums uploaded May 2015
Magnet formite insulating blocks (1914 – 18) from North East Museums uploaded May 2015
Filling out brush boxes (1914 – 18) from North East Museums uploaded May 2015
Brazing blades (1914 – 18) from North East Museums uploaded May 2015
Straightening blade strips (1914 – 18) from North East Museums uploaded May 2015
Turning high for piston rings (1914 – 18) from North East Museums uploaded May 2015
Milling slots in mirror ring (1914 – 18) from North East Museums uploaded May 2015
Radiusing ends of slots in mirror ring (1914 – 18) from North East Museums uploaded May 2015
Slotting Machine (1914 – 18) from North East Museums uploaded May 2015
Insulating stator end windings (1914 – 18) from North East Museums uploaded May 2015
Making micante sheets (1914 – 18) from North East Museums uploaded May 2015
Milling rotor wedges (1914 – 18) from North East Museums uploaded May 2015

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Swordscookie said:
Nuns? Nurses? Women in uniform? Hygiene or what. It is strange to see the dress given the nature of the work they were doing!
blackpoolbeach said:
Very high ceiling without a picture rail where the flies used to breed. I cannot work out if they are gas mantles that have been converted to electric lights. I remember gas lights with 2 chains hanging to regulate the gas supply. www.1900s.org.uk/1900s-lighting.htm
National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
Swordscookie I'm thinking volunteers, some of whom may well have been nurses. But given the nature of the enterprise and that it was probably run in a very disciplined manner, that they were expected to wear the apron and veil affair; and for hygiene too as you say...
philip ward said:
Probably standard Red Cross uniforms for the period.
John FitzPatrick Leisen said:
The system they used to get in all our lives,.The schools & hospitals,.Now we can't get them out,.Thank you, Brenda,.did you happen to see this,. Smiling Eamon de Valera "Follier Upper"