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  2. Saltpetre works - Wikipedia

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    A saltpetre works or nitrary [1] is a place of production of potassium nitrate or saltpetre used primarily for the manufacture of gunpowder. The saltpeter occurs naturally in certain places like the "Caves of Salnitre" ( Collbató ) known since the Neolithic.

  3. Hazard Powder Company - Wikipedia

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    The Hazard Powder Company is a former American manufacturer of gunpowder and explosives.It was located in Hazardville within the town of Enfield, Connecticut.. Powder mill wreckage, c. 1906 Powder Hollow, c. 1910 School Street, looking north, c. 1910 Child laborers in a tobacco shed at Hawthorn Farm in Hazardville, 1917.

  4. The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605 - Wikipedia

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    The work is a history of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. According to Fraser, it was an event that did happen (and was not fabricated by the existing government, as argued by what she refers to as 'No-Plotters' in subsequent historiography) though its precise nature and significance is open to historical debate.

  5. Confederate Powderworks - Wikipedia

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    More than 2.75 million pounds of first-quality gunpowder (a majority of the powder used by the Confederacy) were produced before its closure in 1865. [5] By comparison, Union gunpowder manufacture was distributed among many mills, with the larger Hazard Powder Company of Connecticut producing 40% of the annual production of 8.4 million pounds.

  6. Littleton gunpowder works - Wikipedia

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    Littleton gunpowder works between Winford and Chew Magna in the English county of Somerset, started gunpowder production around 1650 and continued until approximately 1820. [6] It is a listed as a scheduled monument. [1] The powder mill opened around 1740 following the expansion of the port in Bristol and increased availability of saltpetre ...

  7. ‘Gunpowder Milkshake’ Review: Karen Gillan and Lena ... - AOL

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    Here’s the kind of movie that “Gunpowder Milkshake” is. It’s a rogue-assassin-hunting-down-the-assassins-who-are-hunting-her thriller, starring a charismatically affectless Karen Gillan as ...

  8. Frankford Powder-Mill - Wikipedia

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    The Frankford Powder-Mill is a historic gunpowder factory in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the time it was built in 1774 by Oswald Eve, it was the only such mill in the American colonies. Other powder mills operated in the 17th and 18th centuries but stopped production after the French and Indian war.

  9. History of gunpowder - Wikipedia

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    Earliest known written formula for gunpowder, from the Wujing Zongyao of 1044 AD.. Gunpowder is the first explosive to have been developed. Popularly listed as one of the "Four Great Inventions" of China, it was invented during the late Tang dynasty (9th century) while the earliest recorded chemical formula for gunpowder dates to the Song dynasty (11th century).