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Show I ' 1 Thousands of Workers Mix and Brew the Soup i For Explosives in Munitions Plants of Canada TpED ammunition oy the factories in tfM country tt help to pro-tect, pro-tect, this big Canadian coastal defence gun roar a challenge out over the Pacific. The tons of explosives now being turned out by Canadian munitions factories are sounding thunder on all the w.ir fronts of the world. This year alone, their production of explosives ex-plosives will equal entire Canadian output-during World War I. pEO ammunition oy the factories in the country it help to pro- "'".,7'UJJ1!r?rr'r " - 1 " 1 tect, this big Canadian coastal deferrse gun roar a challenge k - out over the Pacific. The tons of explosives now being turned out ( by Canadian munitions factories are sounding thunder on all the war fronts of the world. This year alone, their production of ex- , plosives will equal entire Canadian output-during World War I. I 4 - v- . ' I . . - i V 'V ' - f t ; .s".h v-.-f.-i :;' -.'if " l -' - ' v 2 ' " 1 1 , - j-' ; -'. -' ' "f T-y. J f '- " K i A Mi v 9 jBNBBtftf:V.Wff.vtovJa.;.iAl-J ht.rtmW No, thesa men are. not bakers pouring butterscotch into pies I It's TNT. one of the deadliest explosives known, being be-ing poured into shells. Workers In the munitions plants in Quebec province are transported trans-ported to and from work by special busses. These large plants are veritable cities; one plant covers an area of 5,500 acres and uses as much water as a city of 60,000 population. rtt filler; ifs TT ' , ' ' ' j 4-4 "' i 1..-. ' .5 " .MZ , . r. , L V,Nk. -l i - . ? rf ! - v ! i Aove) Workmen are busy filling depth charges with TNT. Known as ash cans, in plant parlance, these depth bombs arc very rffective in ginking submarines. At right) Young women are paclung cordite, known as macaroni to the workers, into specially prepared silk bags. Cordite is quick firing and used as a propellent in heavy calibre shells. |
