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Colonial Ammunition Company : ウィキペディア英語版
Colonial Ammunition Company

The Colonial Ammunition Company (CAC) was an ammunition manufacturer in Auckland, New Zealand. It was established by Major John Whitney with government encouragement in 1885 during the Russian Scare. The first ordnance manufacturer in Australasia, it later expanded in other business directions from 1925 on.
In the Second World War, it was New Zealand's only industrial manufacturer of ammunition (having temporarily increased its workforce from 230 to 900), with production in countries like Australia having long since overtaken the small size of the New Zealand market for ammunition.〔(Munitions ) (from ''War Economy'' - Baker, J. V. T., Historical Publications Branch, Wellington, 1965. Via New Zealand Electronic Text Centre. Accessed 2008-03-18.)〕〔(Colonial Ammunition Company (X2283) ) (from the National Register of Archives and Manuscripts, New Zealand. Accessed 2008-03-18.)〕〔(Colonial ammunition company I B Normanby Road ) (from the Auckland City Council website. Accessed 2008-03-18.)〕
== Facilities ==

The company operated extensive facilities in Mount Eden, a central suburb of Auckland (originally on the outskirts of the city). The area is now mostly taken up by commercial redevelopment. Remaining from the original facilities are two iconic structures:
* A rare steel frame shot tower for the creation of lead pellets. It was built around 1916 to allow the company to produce lead pellets. Used in the shotgun shells of New Zealand hunters, they had previously been imported, mainly from the United Kingdom. The tower was erected by local blacksmiths W. Wilson and Company and initially operated by a Mr Lylie with his two daughters (who had previously been supplying CAC with limited quantities of shot from Nelson). The tower remained in profitable operation until after World War II, when it allowed the company to keep production levels high after military ammunition requirements dropped off again. The tower is the only 20th century shot tower in Australasia and the only remaining shot tower in New Zealand. It is now classified as a Category I heritage building by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, having been saved from destruction in the 1980s after popular protests.
* A compact but massive bluestone building now used as a bar / restaurant.〔

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