2-710-354 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Woolwich', c1910. 'Modern Ordnance. Royal Arsenals, etc. Great Artillery centre. Population, 36,665'. The Royal Arsenal at Woolwich in south-east London carried out armaments manufacture, ammunition proofing, and explosives research for the British armed forces until it ceased to be a military establishment in 1994. Card from a game 'containing views of the chief towns in each county, their products & notable buildings etc, beautifully printed in colours'. From "The Counties of England - A Geographical Game". [John Jaques & Son, Ltd., London].