Coventry  was  the  centre  of  62  Government-owned  or  Govemment-
eontrolled  estabUshments,  and  the  aggregate  weight  of  war  munitions
and  Government  stores  sent  out  from  them  was  300,000  tons.  The
Coventry  Ordnance  Works  alone  dispatched  40,000  tons  by  the  London
and  North  Western  route.  Included  in  these  figures  were  66  heavy
guns.     Another  41  heavy  guns  were  received.
For  the  accommodation  of  the  workpeople  employed  at  these  Coventry
estabhshments,  about  800  houses  had  to  be  built,  apart  from  the  pro-
vision of  temporary  hostels.  This  necessity  led  to  the  transport  of
further  heavy  consignments  of  building  materials  by  rail.
The  Foleshill  Munition  Factory  was  responsible  for  232,500  tons  of
new  traffic.  The  Daimler  Company  put  out  approximately  100,000
tons  of  shells,  castings,  forgings  and  aeroplanes,  and  a  further  20,000
tons  of  scrap  iron  and  steel.  The  ironstone  mines  at  Uppingham  and
Wakerley  and  Barrowden  increased  their  aggregate  output  in  1918,  as
compared  with  1913,  by  336  per  cent.
SWANSEA.
SheU-steel  biUets  were  produced  in  large  quantities  at  Gorseinon,
Gowerton  and  Llanelly.  At  Swansea  the  output  of  nickel  was  greatly
increased.  Sulphur  and  nitrate  of  soda  were  imported  into  Swansea
Docks,  and  between  August,  1916,  and  November,  1918,  nearly  35,000
tons  of  these  two  products  were  conveyed  by  the  London  and  North
Western  to  inland  munition  factories.
Warrington.
At  least  90  per  cent,  of  the  North  Western's  goods  traffic  in  the
Warrington  district  was  concerned  directly  or  indirectly  with  the  war.
