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• Royal Ordnance Factory — Royal Ordnance Factories redirects here. For the football club, see Royal Ordnance Factories F.C.. Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) was the collective name of the UK government s munitions factories in and after World War II. Until privatisation… …   Wikipedia

• Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills — The Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey, an Anchor Point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage, (ERIH), set in convert|175|acre|km2 of parkland and containing 21 buildings of major historical importance, mixes history, science, and… …   Wikipedia

• Royal Ordnance Factories — (ROFs) est le nom collectif des fabriques d armement (ordnance) du gouvernement britannique pendant et après la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Elles fabriquaient des explosifs, des munitions, des armes de petit calibre, des canons et des véhicules… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Royal Ordnance — plc, formed on 2 January 1985 as a public corporation, owned the majority of what until then were the remaining United Kingdom government owned Royal Ordnance Factories (abbreviated ROFs) which manufactured explosives, ammunition, small arms… …   Wikipedia

• Gunpowder — For other meanings, see gunpowder (disambiguation). Black powder for muzzleloading rifles and pistols in FFFG granulation size. Coin (diameter 24 mm) for comparison. Gunpowder, also known since in the late 19th century as black powder, was the… …   Wikipedia

• Gunpowder magazine — A gunpowder magazine is a magazine (building) designed to store the explosive gunpowder in wooden barrels for safety. Very few survive in the United Kingdom, as gunpowder is no longer manufactured there. Gunpowder, until superseded, was a… …   Wikipedia

• Royal Arsenal — The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, originally known as the Woolwich Warren, carried out armaments manufacture, ammunition proofing and explosives research for British armed forces. It was sited on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich in south …   Wikipedia

• Royal Navy Propellant Factory, Caerwent — The Royal Navy Propellant Factory, Caerwent, Monmouthshire, UK, (later RAF Caerwent) was dedicated to the manufacture of explosives or the storage of ammunition from 1939 to 1993. It is a large military site and is situated north of the A48 road… …   Wikipedia

• HM Factory, Gretna — His Majesty s Factory, Gretna, or H.M. Factory, Gretna as it was usually known, was a UK government World War I Cordite factory, adjacent to the Solway Firth, near Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway. It was built by the Ministry of Munitions in direct …   Wikipedia

• List of Royal Ordnance Factories — This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories.* Royal Arsenal. * Royal Small Arms Factory. * Royal Powder Mill. * ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. 8 * ROF Birtley. * ROF Bishopton; Explosive ROF (3 factories). * ROF Blackburn. * ROF Blackpool; SAA… …   Wikipedia

• National Shell Filling Factory, Chilwell — The National Shell Filling Factory, Chilwell, was a World War I United Kingdom Government owned explosives Filling Factory. Its formal title was National Filling Factory No. 6. It was located near Chilwell, at that time a village, in… …   Wikipedia