Arming the Fleet. The development of the Royal Ordnance Yards,1770-1945
Details:
- Author(s) Evans, David
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2006
- Pages 272pp; illus
- Publisher Explosion! Museum & English Heritage
- Place Published Gosport
Topics:
- Name Buildings: industrial
Countries:
Library:
- Name National Maritime Museum Library
- City Greenwich
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode SE10 9NF
- Visit National Maritime Museum Library's website
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Notes:
About the yards and their buildings constructed for the storage and manipulation of armaments and explosives dealing especially with Upnor, Chatham; Bull Point, Plymouth; and Priddy's Hard, Gosport. In particular focuses on how buildings were adapted over time to accommodate the changing needs of armaments, their storage and production as technology developed