Purfleet Powder Magazines
Other Business Names:
- Board of Ordnance
- Skinner, William
- Desmaretz, John
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Purfleet, Thurrock, Essex, East of England, England
Sectors:
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Transport services
Warehousing & storage services
Notes:
Built 1761-69 by the Board of Ordnance to store gunpowder, replacing a facility at Greenwich deemed to be hazardous to life and property. Built between 1761-69 with William Skinner, 1700-80, and John Desmaretz, engineers, responsible for conception and design. A very large storage complex pivotal to British military supply through the late Georgian and mid Victorian periods
Publications:
- Powder magazines at Purfleet by Guillery, Peter, & Paul Pattison
- Powder Magazines at Purfleet by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Board of Ordnance
- Skinner, William
- Desmaretz, John
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Purfleet, Thurrock, Essex, East of England, England
Sectors:
- Transport services Warehousing & storage services
Notes:
Built 1761-69 by the Board of Ordnance to store gunpowder, replacing a facility at Greenwich deemed to be hazardous to life and property. Built between 1761-69 with William Skinner, 1700-80, and John Desmaretz, engineers, responsible for conception and design. A very large storage complex pivotal to British military supply through the late Georgian and mid Victorian periodsPublications:
- Powder magazines at Purfleet by Guillery, Peter, & Paul Pattison
- Powder Magazines at Purfleet by Unknown