2019

TQ0347 : Remains of a Bridge at the Gunpowder Mills

taken 5 years ago, near to Chilworth, Surrey, England

Remains of a Bridge at the Gunpowder Mills
Remains of a Bridge at the Gunpowder Mills
Explosives were manufactured at Chilworth for nearly three hundred years between 1626 and 1920. The factory covered a large site using water from the Tilling Bourne to drive mills and to fill a network of small canals which were used to transport gunpowder safely around the works.
The bridge carried a tramway which in later years from 1888 brought coal from Chilworth Station. The wagons were pushed manually along a metre gauge tramway, the first known use of this gauge in the UK.
The stream is the New Cut dating from 1656, one of the canals.

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Geographical Context: Derelict, Disused other tags: Bridge (Derelict) Former Mill Site Line of Former Tramway Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Chilworth Station [25] · Tilling Bourne [18] · Near Chilworth [14] · Small Canals [4] ·
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TQ0347, 191 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Des Blenkinsopp   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 12 September, 2019   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 6 October, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 0301 4748 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:13.0343N 0:31.5887W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 0300 4747
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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