Royal Gunpowder Factory

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Function: Ammunitions, Explosives or Weapons Industries and Defence Industries

Location: Waltham Abbey, England

The Royal Gunpowder Factory was the first to manufacture cordite for munitions in Australia. The company was under government control.

See Also

Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=A001393. [ Details ]

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