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From the "Legendary Dartmoor" website
Drive down the B3212 and you will find another of Dartmoor's 'Little Gems' in the shape of Powder Mills, today there is a signpost for a pottery but 160 odd years ago there would have been a busy industrial landscape. This was the site of a gunpowder making factory or mill. The remoteness of the place is the first indicator of what was being made here, clearly you would not build a gunpowder mill near any centre of inhabitation just in case of an accident. So the site of the mill is far enough removed to avoid any catastrophe should an accidental explosion take place.
But why a gunpowder factory in the middle of Dartmoor? One of the answers for this can be found a few miles up the road at the Birch tor mining complex, this and dozens like it all needed gunpowder or 'blackpowder' as it was called for blasting the lode bearing rocks of the mines. In addition there were various quarries who also needed blackpowder for blasting rock such as Swell tor, Foggintor and Merrivale. During the 18th and early 19th centuries farmers were also using gunpowder to clear rocks from lands that were being enclosed, evidence of which can be seen by the 'clearance cairns' at the edges of the newtakes
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October 7, 2010. OCU Soccer Field. Proceeds benefited the YWCA of OKC and the OCU LAW Scholarship Fund.
October 7, 2010. OCU Soccer Field. Proceeds benefited the YWCA of OKC and the OCU LAW Scholarship Fund.
October 7, 2010. OCU Soccer Field. Proceeds benefited the YWCA of OKC and the OCU LAW Scholarship Fund.
The Powder House was built in 1703 or 1704 by John Mallet. It was originally used as a windmill, but the owning family sold it to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1747, and it was used as a powder magazine thereafter.
The Old Powder House as it stood in 1935 atop the hill at Nathan Tufts Park, overlooking Powder House Square
On September 1, 1774, British troops landed at the Ten Hills Farm on the Mystic River in present-day Somerville, and marched up Broadway to the Powder House in order to seize all 250 barrels of gunpowder that were stored there. This act led to a massive public reaction known as the Powder Alarm. Thousands of irregulars from surrounding towns prepared to march toward Boston for battle, but the rumors of war turned out to be false. The public outrage forced the British General Gage to cancel a planned second expedition to seize more arms, and prompted the area colonists to amass their weapons at Concord and other more remote locations. The Powder House would be used as a magazine for militia troops besieging Boston in 1775.
NRHP Reference#: 75000287
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October 7, 2010. OCU Soccer Field. Proceeds benefited the YWCA of OKC and the OCU LAW Scholarship Fund.
October 7, 2010. OCU Soccer Field. Proceeds benefited the YWCA of OKC and the OCU LAW Scholarship Fund.
The Annual Powder Puff Football Game 2009 - 3Ls ("Cruel & Unusual") vs. 2Ls ("Inglorious Barristers").
October 7, 2010. OCU Soccer Field. Proceeds benefited the YWCA of OKC and the OCU LAW Scholarship Fund.
The Powder Tower, a part of Riga’s ancient fortifications. Riga, Latvia.
A Torre da Pólvora fazia parte das antigas fortificações de Riga, Letónia.
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Powderpuff football game after school on Friday between Seniors and Juniors. The Seniors won of course :D