Sujet : Re: blasting smallish tunnels in hard rock
De : null (at) *nospam* void.com (Richard Smith)
Groupes : rec.crafts.metalworkingDate : 27. Mar 2024, 21:49:39
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There was a gunpowder mill in a valley near where I live, by the way.
Buildings, dams and culverts leading to water wheels for the grindstones
still there.
Stayed on as a fuse works.
Nitroglycerine-based then, from 1880's (1890's).
Big Nobel factory on a sand-dunes area nearby ("Upton Towans").