2017

SS4099 : Pembrey ROF Factory - Magazine M4

taken 6 years ago, near to Pembrey, Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin, Wales

Pembrey ROF Factory - Magazine M4
Pembrey ROF Factory - Magazine M4
The Pembrey Country Park occupies the site of the former Royal Ordnance Factory. The site was involved with dynamite production from the 1880s. Nobel's Explosives Ltd erected a plant in 1915 to manufacture explosives and propellant with an adjacent shell filling factory. These were taken into state ownership in 1916 as National Factories. These were dismantled after the war and sold by 1926. The site was re-used in the Second World War.

One of nine surviving magazines within the Pembrey Country Park. Built in 1939, each magazine comprises three reinforced chambers, two smaller rooms and ventilation space buried within an earth and turf mound. A concrete tunnel gives access for a standard gauge railway with an internal loading platform.

The chambers and loading platform are on the left hand side of the tunnel.

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Geographical Context: Defence, Military Former: Royal Ordnance Factory other tags: Ww2 Magazine WW2 Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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John M   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 5 November, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 8 November, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SS 407 999 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:40.5402N 4:18.3099W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SS 407 999
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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