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Title: Eyeworth Pond, Fritham [Go to resource]
Description: This man-made pond was made in 1871, to provide power for the Schultze gunpowder factory at nearby Eyeworth Lodge, which operated between 1865 and 1923. It produced 'smokeless gunpowder', and employed over 100 men. In 1914 it was taken over by the government and employed 140 men in day and night shifts to produce the gunpowder for the troops in the First World War. There is now almost no sign of its existence and the pond is a haven for wildlife. Copy photograph. References: 1. Hope, M. (1995). Hampshire Villages: a portrait. p. 34. 2. Sibley, P and Fletcher, R. (1986) Discovering the New Forest. p. 194 Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Rights holder: Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council Subjects: gunpowder
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Eyeworth Pond
EyeworthTemporal: start=1950-01-01; end=1970-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Creator: Copied by: Dine, Derek; Hampshire County Library; 1970s-1980s Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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