Thames Ammunition Works
From Graces Guide
of Erith
1879 The works were founded, on the spit of land between the Thames and the Darenth Rivers.
1897 The Thames Ammunition Works were completely wrecked by an exceptional high tide, being for the most part under water.[1]
1902 Acquired by the Company (presumably Armstrong Whitworth). The works covered a site of about 40 acres. [2]
1956 An explosion in a waste powder room at the Thames Ammunition Works, Slades Green, near Erith, Kent[3] of Vickers-Armstrong Ltd.[4]
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