Powder Mills – Expense Magazines

Working with the incorporation mills, these magazines stored gunpowder before and after it was worked.

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

Powder Mills – Press House

Next the gunpowder was put into a press, which was driven by a waterwheel, to squeeze out any moisture.

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

Powder Mills – Corning House

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.