Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 166,735 pages of information and 246,596 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Royal Laboratory

From Graces Guide

Part of Woolwich Arsenal

1696 Manufacturing began when the Laboratory (later the Royal Laboratory) was established.

1886 Consisted of:

  • Main Factory.
  • Model Room.
  • Wood Department.
  • Cartridge Factory.
  • Shell Foundry.
  • Rifle-Shell Factory.

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