The Royal Brass Foundry, 1717, attributed to Sir John Vanbrugh. Following an explosion at Bagley's Foundry at Moorfields in 1716 which killed 17 people, the Board of Ordnance decided to build its own foundry at Woolwich. Guns for government service were cast here until c.1870.
SE18, Number One Street, Woolwich Arsenal
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Royal Arsenal Brass Foundry
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A modern information board inside the entrance to the park states "The bronze drinking fountain of a rearing horse was designed by Sir Er...
A.J.P. Taylor 1906 - 1990, historian and broadcaster lived here. English Heritage
On the sequence of events the plaque is not clear. Caroline married George in 1795 and after the birth of their daughter they separated a...
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