1750 - 1800

The Oare Gunpowder Works were described in 1774 by Edward Jacob as follows –

... Not far from these royal powder mills [i.e. Home Works], upon the Ore stream, there are gun powder works in private hands, which make considerable quantities thereof, for the use of the East India Company, and other merchants. These mills likewise are enlarging & improving every day, more particularly in the act of drying the gun-powder, which is then effected by the means of a constant stream of hot water, conveyed under the copper frame whereon it is placed to dry. This new contrivance is said to answer the purpose exceedingly well ...

Incorporation Mill

Later plans drawn up in 1793 of Oare Gunpowder Works show a large number of buildings, including a house and two ponds.

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