powder mill
Gunpowder production facility
A powder mill is a facility where gunpowder or other explosive powders are manufactured.
Historically, these mills used water power to grind and mix the components—charcoal, sulfur, and saltpeter.
The term appears in place names across regions where such manufacturing once occurred: The old powder mill road runs along the river.
- munitions factoryFacility producing military weapons
- gunworksFirearm production facility
- blockhouseFortified defensive structure
- sulfurYellow combustible element
- potassium nitrateCrystalline potassium salt compound
ironworks · blast furnace · charcoal · sieve · DuPont · hopper · saltpeter · millworks · oxidizer · Revolutionary War · muzzle loader · cannon fodder · war materiel · gunpowder · explosive charge · pulverizer · stone grinding · bunker
powder millammunition depot
Military explosives storage facility
powder magazine · arsenal · armory · ammunition dump · munitions depot
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