- Gunpowder Mills
This may refer to:
In Europe
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Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills
* Faversham Royal Gunpowder Mills
*Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills In the USA
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Eleutherian Mills
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Eleutherian Mills — Infobox nrhp | name =Eleutherian Mills nrhp type =nhl caption = Working powder mills on Brandywine Creek, about 1905. Note the handwritten These blow up occasionally, and then? nearest city= Wilmington, Delaware locmapin = Delaware area = built… … Wikipedia
Cork Gunpowder Explosion — (Cork, Ireland. November 3, 1810) Twenty two people were killed and over forty injured when gunpowder stored in a labourer’s house in Brandy Lane, Cork, exploded. A subsequent inquiry revealed that several employees of the Ballincollig Royal… … Wikipedia
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