Manufacturing
The Birmingham engineering company Taylor & Challen manufactured machinery for use in the black powder industry. Their catalogue of 1908 contained a series of images of such machinery.
Links to related sites
History
- Gunpowder – Some anecdotes concerning gunpowder from the 18th Century “Gentleman’s Magazine”
- The Saltpetre-Man – Correspondence published in 1853 relating to the role of the 17th Century saltpetre-man
Powder Mills
- Ballincollig Gunpowder Mill – Royal Gunpowder Mills, Ballincollig Co. Cork
- Chart Gunpowder Mills – Faversham, Kent
- Dartford Gunpowder Mills – Kent
- Oare Gunpowder World – Kent
- The Powder Hole – A short history of the Dupont Powder Works located at Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania, USA
- Waltham Abbey – the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Essex
Distributors/Manufacturers