Gun Cotton Way, Stowmarket
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Gun Cotton Way, Stowmarket
Image: © Chris Holifield Taken: 21 Jun 2011
The new Cedars Park development on the right. Gun Cotton Way is named after Prentice's Gun Cotton Factory which was situated near here in the 19th century. The factory was the scene of a massive explosion in 1871 http://www.stowmarket-history.co.uk/Explosion.htm which blew out many of the windows in Combs church to the South of here. Image There is a memorial to the victims of the accident nearby Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.185067
Longitude
1.012861