Arthur Henri Poole - View of munition factory, Waterford

We have a photo dated a little over 100 Years ago from Mr Poole. There seems to be some building works still progressing on the site and everything looks new, I see railway tracks which should help with finding the location of this impressive factory. ..Based on the lying snow, we first questioned the catalogue date - but Niall McAuley ( /photos/gnmcauley/ ) noted that there was heavy snow in April of that year ( http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/weather-events/HeavySnows1917.pdf ) , confirming Spring 1917. We also heard from sharon.corbet ( /photos/scorbet/ ) , beachcomberaustralia ( /photos/beachcomberaustralia/ ) , and from ofarrl ( /photos/33577523@N08/ ) (whose grandmother worked here) and learned that the Waterford Cartridge Factory closed within 2 years of this photo. The site and tracks were later used by other industries (including Siemens-Schuckert and Stanley stoves). Streetviews from 2009 ( https://www.google.co.com/maps/@52.266553,-7.1336622,3a,75y,38.03h,81.92t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-i55MSJ14riR6mr4H02RtA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en ) show some rusting buildings remaining - but updates from 2014 ( https://www.google.co.com/maps/@52.2676178,-7.1337287,386m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en ) confirm its now a cleared site.......Photographer: A. H. Poole. .Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Results?lookfor=A.H.+Poole&type=Author&sort=title&view=grid ) . .Date: 5 April 1917. .NLI Ref: POOLEIMP 1675 ( vtls000039179 ) . .You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie ( http://catalogue.nli.ie )