National Shell Filling Factory, Chilwell

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Ordnance Factory
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Chilwell Filling Factory
gptkbp:closed 1919
gptkbp:commemoratedBy memorial at Chetwynd Barracks
gptkbp:dateOfExplosion 1 July 1918
gptkbp:employs many women
over 10,000 workers
gptkbp:explosionCasualties 134 killed
250 injured
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label National Shell Filling Factory, Chilwell
gptkbp:location gptkb:Chilwell,_Nottinghamshire,_England
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:Ministry_of_Munitions
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Chilwell
gptkbp:notableEvent Chilwell explosion
gptkbp:opened 1915
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:produced shooting
artillery shells
high explosive shells
gptkbp:recordedAt filled over 19 million shells
gptkbp:website gptkb:Chetwynd_Barracks
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chetwynd_Barracks
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7