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
There was a gun-manufacturing foundry at Windmill Hill, now Tabernacle Street...
It was built when it was found that there were low stocks of artillery - but ...
Responsible for the supply of armaments and munitions to the army and the nav...
Playwright and architect. Born in the parish of St Nicholas Acons, London, of...
The plaque is located on the site of her first factory which was called the Omnia Works.
Samuel Baylis lived on Whitecross Street and was a founder of the Radical Club, July 1833. Mad in England English Hedonists
There are identical plaques on both columns at the entrance to the park.
The facade of this building tells the history of the school. Each of the 4 gable ends carries a plaque with a dated event, reading from l...
There are two versions of this plaque, identically worded, attached to either side of the entrance; this one, to the right, photographs b...