Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield
Other Business Names:
- Anderson, Sir John
- Royal Ordnance Factories
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Enfield, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Armaments & ammunition production exc warships, aircraft, cannon, hand guns and cartridges, swords, etc
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Sword, pikes, etc, making
Notes:
Established 1816 by government and in early days made muskets and swords and later designed and made rifles for the British army. Greatly expanded during Crimean War, when American mass production processes first introduced under Sir John Anderson, 1814-86,, and in both world wars. Subsequently part of Royal Ordnance Factories organisation. 1984 privatised as part of Royal Ordnance Plc and subsequently closed
Publications:
- Birmingham gun trade and the American system of manufactures by Williams, David J
- Development of the Royal Small Arms Factory (Enfield Lock) and its Influence upon Mass Production and Product Design, c1820-1880 by Lewis, Jim
- Enfield Arsenal in theory and history by Ames, Edward, & Nathan Rosenberg
- Enfield in the Great War by Wynn, Stephen
- 'Factories' in J Tuff, Historical, Topographical and Statistical Notices of Enfield by Tuff, John
- From Gunpowder to Guns. The story of two Lea Valley armouries by Lewis, Jim
- History of Enfield by Pam, David O
- Lads of Enfield Lock. 172 years of apprentice training at the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield, Middlesex, 1816-1988 by Birchmore, Graham, & Roy Burges
- Lee Enfield Rifle by Reynolds, Edmund G B
- Notes on the history of the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock by Cottesloe, Lord
- 'Royal Ordnance Factories' in W Hornby, History of the Second World War. Factories and plant by Hornby, William
- Royal Small Arms Factory and industrial Enfield, 1855-1914 by Putnam, Tim, & Dan Weinbren
- Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield by Bowbelski, Margaret
- Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield by Unknown
- Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield, and its Workers by Pam, David O
- Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield Lock, 1816-1918 by Aanonsen, Margaret E
- Short History of the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield by Putnam, Tim, & Dan Weinbren
- Sir John Anderson, 1814-86. The unknown engineer who made the British Empire possible by Roberts, Gwilym
- The American System of Manufactures. The Report of the Committee on the Machinery of the United States, 1855, and the special reports of George Wallis and Joseph Whitworth, 1854; with an introduction by Nathan Rosenberg for the University Press by Unknown
- The Factory that Became a Village: The history of the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock by Lewis, Jim
- Weapons, Wireless and World Wars. The vital role of the Lea Valley by Lewis, Jim
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Anderson, Sir John
- Royal Ordnance Factories
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Enfield, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Armaments & ammunition production exc warships, aircraft, cannon, hand guns and cartridges, swords, etc
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Sword, pikes, etc, making
Notes:
Established 1816 by government and in early days made muskets and swords and later designed and made rifles for the British army. Greatly expanded during Crimean War, when American mass production processes first introduced under Sir John Anderson, 1814-86,, and in both world wars. Subsequently part of Royal Ordnance Factories organisation. 1984 privatised as part of Royal Ordnance Plc and subsequently closedPublications:
- Birmingham gun trade and the American system of manufactures by Williams, David J
- Development of the Royal Small Arms Factory (Enfield Lock) and its Influence upon Mass Production and Product Design, c1820-1880 by Lewis, Jim
- Enfield Arsenal in theory and history by Ames, Edward, & Nathan Rosenberg
- Enfield in the Great War by Wynn, Stephen
- 'Factories' in J Tuff, Historical, Topographical and Statistical Notices of Enfield by Tuff, John
- From Gunpowder to Guns. The story of two Lea Valley armouries by Lewis, Jim
- History of Enfield by Pam, David O
- Lads of Enfield Lock. 172 years of apprentice training at the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield, Middlesex, 1816-1988 by Birchmore, Graham, & Roy Burges
- Lee Enfield Rifle by Reynolds, Edmund G B
- Notes on the history of the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock by Cottesloe, Lord
- 'Royal Ordnance Factories' in W Hornby, History of the Second World War. Factories and plant by Hornby, William
- Royal Small Arms Factory and industrial Enfield, 1855-1914 by Putnam, Tim, & Dan Weinbren
- Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield by Bowbelski, Margaret
- Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield by Unknown
- Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield, and its Workers by Pam, David O
- Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield Lock, 1816-1918 by Aanonsen, Margaret E
- Short History of the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield by Putnam, Tim, & Dan Weinbren
- Sir John Anderson, 1814-86. The unknown engineer who made the British Empire possible by Roberts, Gwilym
- The American System of Manufactures. The Report of the Committee on the Machinery of the United States, 1855, and the special reports of George Wallis and Joseph Whitworth, 1854; with an introduction by Nathan Rosenberg for the University Press by Unknown
- The Factory that Became a Village: The history of the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock by Lewis, Jim
- Weapons, Wireless and World Wars. The vital role of the Lea Valley by Lewis, Jim