Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,694 pages of information and 247,077 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.
of Holton Heath, near Wareham, Dorset
WWI Set up to manufacture cordite for the Royal Navy. The Army was to be supplied with Cordite from the H.M. Factory, Gretna
1927 An explosion killed three men working in an acetone recovery building
1931 An explosion destroyed several buildings and killed 10 people
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