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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area - Western Bank lookout post (1)
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SJ2065
There were originally three lookout posts on the Western Bank that could... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area - factory notice
by Mike Searle
for square SJ2165
-... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area - railway loading platform
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SJ2165
During WWII a siding from the now disused Mold & Denbigh Junction Railway... (more)
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Rhydymwyn Tunnel Tour 2018 (1)
by Mike Searle
for square SJ2066
Visitors and volunteer members of the Rhydymwyn Valley History Society gather at... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SJ2065
In terms of its historical significance, the chemical weapons programme was a... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area - Western Bank lookout post (3)
by Mike Searle
for square SJ2065
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area - Western Bank lookout post (2)
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SJ2065
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area - submarine graffiti
by Mike Searle
for square SJ2065
Graffiti wall art in Building 118 of what is apparently German U-boat U249 under... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area - Health & Safety poster
by Mike Searle
for square SJ2165
The dangers of distraction whilst working with machinery is graphically... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area - blackout curtain
by Mike Searle
for square SJ2065
In Building No. 123 there's a roller-blind above a window still in situ, a... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area - railway gatehouse
by Mike Searle
for square SJ2065
The gatehouse controlled railway traffic into and out of the Danger Area, its... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area - railway loading platform
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SJ2165
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area - Culvert
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SJ2065
The culvert through the Danger Area has a gap on each side of the wall revealing... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area - Culvert 3 Apron
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SJ2065
Concrete reinforcement of the apron over Culvert 3. The culvert here carries the... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area - camouflaged building
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SJ2065
Another good example of wartime camouflage paintwork on a building in the Danger... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area - camouflaged building
by Mike Searle
for square SJ2065
A particularly good example of wartime camouflage paintwork on a building in the... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area - air raid shelter
by Mike Searle
for square SJ2065
Interior view of an air raid shelter. Designed to hold up to 50 people, they... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area - air raid shelter
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SJ2065
Air raid shelters here were of a design that was distinctive to an area where... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SJ2065
General view. The area where explosive burster charges were fitted to chemical... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SJ2065
General view. The area where explosive burster charges were fitted to chemical... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area - Electrical Sub Station
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SJ2065
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Danger Area
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SJ2065
This is a general view of the southern part of the site commonly known as the... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: central tunnel
by Mike Searle
for square SJ2066
Peering into the gloom from the viewing gallery of the central entrance tunnel,... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: entrance to central tunnel
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SJ2066
This is the entrance to the central tunnel, one of three such tunnels built from... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Culvert diversion
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SJ2066
Before building of the Valley site could commence, the diversion of the River... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Building P5 No. 50
by Mike Searle
for square SJ2066
This was the main building for the production of the Pyro variant of mustard... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Building P4 No. 59
by Mike Searle
for square SJ2066
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Building R3 No. 65
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SJ2066
Building R3 is the only surviving building of two Runcol manufacturing plants on... (more)
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Ministry of Supply Factory,Valley, Rhydymwyn: Building P6 No. 45
by Mike Searle
for square SJ2066
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Ministry of Supply Factory, Valley, Rhydymwyn: Building P6 No. 45
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SJ2066
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Rhydymwyn Tunnel Tour 2018 (3)
by Mike Searle
for square SJ2066
One of the four storage caverns. From 1939 onwards, the bulk storage of mustard... (more)
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Rhydymwyn Tunnel Tour 2018 (2)
by Mike Searle
for square SJ2066
The view from the end of the central tunnel 250m in looking towards the... (more)
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