Clock tower, Purfleet
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Clock tower, Purfleet by Stephen Richards as part of the Geograph project.
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Clock tower, Purfleet
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 1 Oct 2011
One of few surviving reminders of Purfleet's (almost 200) years as the main location for testing and storing gunpowder. Admittedly, this is a rather tangential reminder, but was built as part of the site, in 1767-68, by James Gabriel Montresor of the Royal Engineers. Grade II listed. Two other reminders: Image] and Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.484582
Longitude
0.230647
