General Engineering Company (GECO) munitions factory, Scarborough, ON, ca. 1943. Image: Archives of Ontario
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8109
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Archives of Ontario
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1943
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General Engineering Company (GECO) munitions factory, Scarborough, ON, ca. 1943. Image: Archives of Ontario
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During the Second World War, Scarborough was home to the GECO (General Engineering Company) munitions plant. The plant had a mainly female workforce. The women earned a generous $19.60 per week. Between 1941 and 1945, the plant filled 256 million munitions shells with women handling explosives 24 hours a day, six days a week. The plant filled 41 types of fuses or shells. Just one type of shell required 76 different operations to complete.
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