Centenary Memorial of the Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey, Compiled from Original Sources

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Formerly published in installments in the 'Waltham Abbey Telegraph'. Published on the centenary of the acquisition of the mills by the British government. Has sections 'English works on the manufacture of gunpowder' and 'An account of the Gunpowder Works from 1783 to 1811 by Sir William Congreve'. Largely comprises notes of events, taken from correspondence held at the Factory, 1787-1855, especially re explosions [pp27-111]. There are also transcriptions / notes from documents relating to specific subjects, eg: 'Names of persons employed ... in 1855'; 'Notices of the officers, clerks, writers, heads of factory departments, etc, ... 1787 to 1887'; 'Lands connected with the Royal Mills, 1788 to 1789'; 'New buildings and improvements between 1787 and 1789'; Officers of the Royal Gunpowder Factory, 1854 to 1887'; 'Personal recollections of the Royal Gunpowder Factory by the later Henry Wright