gunpowder

The History Founded in 1665, the Royal Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey began as a small private gunpowder works powered by the River Lea. Its location offered abundant water for driving machinery while keeping the hazardous process away from densely populated areas. As Britain's military...

The History Founded in 1665, the Royal Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey began as a small private gunpowder works powered by the River Lea. Its location offered abundant water for driving machinery while keeping the hazardous process away from densely populated areas. As Britain's military...

Gunpowder Mills Chilworth. Not sure if this is worthy enough o be on here..but it has a lot of history towards it! The mills were built over 300 years ago and were operational from the 1620s until 1920, being most extensive and productive in the 17th century and from the 1880s to the end of...

1. The History Poudrerie de Doische is located on the outskirts of Matagne-la-Grande, in the province of Namur, Belgium. It was once a thriving gunpowder factory during the boom of the Belgian explosives industry, which played an important economic role from the late 19th century onwards. The...

Royal Gunpowder Works Ok this place is seriously underrated & under reported. My good friend priority7 reported this way back in 2011 & was telling me what a great place it was & I though why not pay it a little visit! He kindly & unbeknowingly also provided all the history. At the time of...

Another one crossed off the list...! I decided to head out here early doors this morning, which meant a nice blast out on the bike. Access wasn't too difficult... especially for an overweight, middle-aged loser and I didn't see another soul all morning (except some fella on the outside of the...

Dont really no much about this stumbled across it looking for cliffe fort remeber some one told me it was a gun powder factory not much of the place left climing skills came in handy