The  construction  of  munition  works,  Government  factories,  aeroplane
dep6ts,  etc.,  in  many  different  parts  of  the  London  and  South  Western
system  brought  to  the  company  an  increase  of  traffic  in  the  four-fold
direction  of  building  apphances,  raw  materials,  workpeople  and  manu-
factured goods.  In  addition,  also,  to  establishments  specially  constructed
to  meet  war-time  conditions,  one  must  take  into  account  the  large  number
of  those  already  existing  which  underwent  expansion  in  order  to  adapt
them  either  to  greater  production  or  to  new  processes.
It  would  be  difficult  to  give  even  an  approximate  estimate  of  the  sum
total  of  war  industries  on  the  South  Western  system  which  fell  under
these  two  categories,  but  the  following  examples  might  be  noted : —

Government  Rolling  Mills  constructed  at  Woolston,  on  the  side  of
the  Itchen  opposite  Southampton,  and  engaged  in  the  production  on  a
large  scale  of  steel  plates  and  plates  for  shells.
Naval  Cordite  Factory  set  up  at  Holton  Heath,  near  Wareham.
Wood  Distillation  Factory,  installed  at  Bideford  by  the  military
authorities.
Extension  of  Messrs.  Thomycroft's  factory  at  Basingstoke  for  motor
traction.
Kempton  Park  Racecourse,  used  as  a  store  for  motor-vehicles.
Old  brickyard  at  Oxshott,  used  for  storing  shells.
Brickyard  at  Rowland's  Castle,  used  as  ammunition  dump.
Brick  and  Tile  Company's  works  at  Exeter,  and  Messrs.  Saunders'
brick  and  tile  works  at  Poltimore,  Pinhoe,  Devon,  used  as  magazines.
Construction  or  expansion  of  aircraft  factories,  aircraft-acceptance
parks,  etc.,  the  traffic  in  this  connection  arising  more  especially  at
Farnborough  (National  Aircraft  Factory),  Ascot  (Aircraft  Distribution
Depot),  Feltham  and  Richmond  (Messrs.  Whitehead),  Kingston*  (Messrs.
