JOSIAH PARKES
INSIDE THE FACTORIES
These photos come from old company publications, by courtesy of the
Lock Museum. Thanks too to Yale Security Products for permission
to reproduce them here.
The photos give a rare view of lock making in the mid 20th
century. The originals are not captioned. The captions here
are my interpretation of the photos - which I think are all of the Union
works before the building of the new factory at Portobello in 1945.
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The warehouse. |
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The Machine shop.
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The Press shop. |
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The Drawing Office.
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The Press shop. |
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Lock Assembly.
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Lock Assembly. |
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Lock Assembly.
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The Plating Department. |
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The Packing Department.
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The Casting Department. |
The Japanning Department.
The Fitting Shop.
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