Powder Mills – Corning House

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This is where ‘pieces’ of gunpowder were filtered into fine and large. The fine gunpowder, the most desirable, made its back back to the Press House, with the larger substance returning to the Breaking House.

Reference:  Campbell, D. 2019. Powdermills: The story of the Dartmoor gunpowder factory.  Blackingstone Publishing, Moretonhampstead.

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