The Powder That Sends a Sixteen-Inch Shell 



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Twenty sacks that will later contain the 

 powder charges for sixteen-inch shells are 

 cut in one operation with an electric cutter 



Sewing the sacks together is as important 

 as it is tedious. When finished, each 

 sack must vmdergo a rigid examination 



Canvas sacks are used to contain the igniters that are placed at the bottom of 

 powder sacks. The sewing is done by women who are fast workers with the needle 



Women also lill tlu ic.nit(is ih.it <x))1ih1( tlu- ch.ii^. Ixliimi the shell. The powder is 

 tamped down solid by the sticks which they hold. Tliis work is not as dangerous as it looks. 



