Jowett War-material Production Impressive Record of Northern Corrunercictl in Great
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Variety vehicle Maker THE maker of Jowett vans,. Jowett Cars, Ltd., 'Idle,Bradford, Yorks. has produced an attractive booklet which sets on record the company's production figures for the war period.
The units turned out are grouped under main headings, and these show
the wide diversity of the work. under
taken. Whilst it is recognized that ether and larger companies can lay claim to having been responsible for a greater volume of output, it has been said that the Jewett concern tops !lie list in respect of the variety of the munitions produced.
So far as aero-engine components are concerned, some of the items included were Rotol propeller-blade adaptors, coolant pumps for Rolls-Royce Vulture, -Merlin and Griffon engines, coolantpump casting assemblies, rotors and glands, oil-cooler elenients and studs, bushes, screws, shafts, etc.
The number of units involved totalled 625,223 and their value £742,087.
Respecting airframe parts, here are a few items: bolts, brackets, bushes, spindles, etc., 2,005,062, and the value £100,253; petrol and oil tank cornponents for various types of aircraft, 1,402,533, valued at £175,316.
Bomb-loading trolleys to the number • of 2,350, and 5,929 trolleys for accumu lators used for engine starting, form. but a few of the numerous items. of . Mr Ministry ground equipment pro-duced. The total value of the' corn-ponents supplied under this heading
came to. Z422,459:
Considerable 'quantities of aminunilion were made, inchiding 580,120 • 25-pounder shells, 444,891 6-pounder armour-pierding shot, 592,412 2-pounder armour-piercing shot, 707,921 40-mom. armour-piercing shot, 357;500 2-in. h.e, mortar bombs, and 472,445 .303-in, cartridge and, bullet drawing
dies, amongst-other items. . . • . Turret gun ,-mountings for .Tanks, Tank-gun cradreshvinchts, bevel gears -and chain cases for Shernian Tank flail drives form but a few of the . cornponents ,made for--tarmpured
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vehicles .v The *gest ..list of all comes --under .the•heavling of-gunsand weapons
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and 'these are some of the items...and quantities , supplied: 6-pounder antiTank gun carriages, 316; breech mechanism . assemblies, 1,617; 3-in. bipodtrench-rmiftar 'rrionlitkags, 8,222; 3-in. treuch--mortar base plates, 12,-483; brake 'shoes for 3.7-in. A.A. guns, 9,144; , Bofors steering and. balance gears, 150 sets.------
In addition to the foregoing. a large number' of Jowett engines and genera
tore; machine tools, and a long cf iterni.4vere turned out by the company -during the: war -years.