Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey Essex

Figure 6. Royal Gunpowder Factory Waltham Abbey, Essex, examples of excavated earthenware taps and pipes used in the acid factory. Before the development of acid resistant metals, the chemical industry was reliant on suppliers of specialist earthenwares (BB94/7995). Crown copyright.NMR...

Foreman, Smart. Nitro-glycerine Washing House, South Site, Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Factory, Essex , Industrial Archaeology Review, XXlll (2), (2001), 125-142. 

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