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Interesting to see women factory workers in the late 1910's. Any idea what the product is?

This sequence of photos seems to be in a munitions plant. See The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., September 30, 1918, Page 3 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92051227/1918-09-30/ed-... for a large advertisement for women to work in a munitions plant in Bridgeport, CT. And a related article in The [New York] Sun., October 06, 1918, Section 4 Magazine Section, Page 9 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1918-10-06/ed-...

Great series.

swanq Thank you.

In the news in early 1918 was a concern about working conditions for women in munitions plants. Some states instituted 8-hour workdays and did not permit nights shifts for women. The appointment of women with some medical training to positions of oversight also began. See, for example, The [New York] Sun., June 02, 1918, Section 5 Magazine Section, Page 4 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1918-06-02/ed-... "Health for Women Munitions Workers Woman Supervisor Named by Ordnance Department Tells of Pressing Need and How Much May Be Accomplished Adequate Rest and Quiet Add Much to Factory Output"

Note the man oiling the machinery; the 'Oiler', his job was to keep all machinery lubricated.

FWIW, boxes at left have printing: *** Jones Speedometer, New Rochelle, NY books.google.com/books?id=u9FMAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA43&lp... has an article from Machinery, Volume 20, Sept. 1913, with pictures of equipment used to manufacture the speedometers. Some of this equipment looks similar to equipment in this series of pictures. *** British Munitions Co., Ltd, Kings Park, Verdun, Que [Canada] American Machinist, Volume 49, August 29, 1918 books.google.com/books?id=i-49AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA410-IA11&... confirms the existence of the company and indicates it had a "shell factory." But these probably don't help identify the plant photographed here.