National Shell Filling Factory No. 6
GPTKB entity
Statements (18)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
Royal Ordnance Factory
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
Chilwell Shell Filling Factory
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gptkbp:builtYear |
gptkb:World_War_I
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gptkbp:casualtiesInExplosion |
134 killed
250 injured |
gptkbp:dateOfExplosion |
1 July 1918
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gptkbp:employs |
thousands of workers
many women (munitionettes) |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
National Shell Filling Factory No. 6
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Chilwell,_Nottinghamshire,_England
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gptkbp:mainActivity |
filling artillery shells with explosives
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gptkbp:notableEvent |
Chilwell explosion
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gptkbp:operatedBy |
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:operationalPeriod |
1915-1918
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gptkbp:produced |
over 19 million shells
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gptkbp:website |
gptkb:Chetwynd_Barracks
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Chilwell_explosion_(1918)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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