2009
NT2662 : Site of a former factory building
taken 15 years ago, near to Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland
Site of a former factory building
The gunpowder factory buildings were set into the hillside to limit damage caused by an accidental explosion. Horse-drawn tramway bogies were used to transport materials around the site, and gunpowder was exported all over the world from Newhaven and Leith.
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