The foremen's mess room under construction with the picrite building (N2) in the background, Royal Naval Cordite Factory

Date:
circa 1937
Location:
Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Wareham Road, Wareham St. Martin, Holton Heath, Dorset
Reference:
HAY03/01/032
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

From the late 1920s flashless cordite was produced at R.N.C.F. Holton Heath. Flashless cordite required the addition of picrites, replacing some of nitroglycerine/nitrocellulose. Consequently a picrites factory was built within the complex in 1937, including the ancillary buildings seen here under construction.

Content

This is part of the Series: HAY03/01 Photographs Of The Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath, Dorset; within the Collection: HAY03 Les Hayward Collection Of Photographs Of The Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath, Dorset

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Donor: Hayward, Leslie

Keywords

20th Century Cordite Factory, 20th Century Mess, Construction