Former powder magazine, Purfleet
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Former powder magazine, Purfleet
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 1 Oct 2011
The only one of the original five to survive. They were built in 1763-65 by James Gabriel Montresor of the Royal Engineers, and were in operation until 1950. Purfleet was chosen as the main site for testing and storing gunpowder because it was remote without being a million miles from London. An information board records that each magazine could hold 460 tons of gunpowder. Grade I listed. The building is now run as a museum. Two other reminders: Image] and Image
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Image Location
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51.484345
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0.228907