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Subject: Re: [STOWLIST] Gun Cotton Factory
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 13:00:04 +0000
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Both sides of the railway line were in Stowupland then, the boundary with
Stowmarket being the river. My old maps show the gun cotton factory between the
river and the railway, on what we would now call the Stowmarket side of the
railway. I think the ICI paints factory replaced it.

Dudley

Quoting David Whitefield <>:

> Harry Double's book, "Stowmarket - The March of Time" states at p.144:
> In 1863 Thomas Prentice, a local business man erected a gun cotton factory
> approximately two thirds of a mile from Stowmarket railway station in the
> Ipswich direction.
>
> It is my understanding that the factory was situated on the Stowupland
> side of the railway line.
>
> David Whitefield.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julie Blackett" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 4:42 PM
> Subject: [STOWLIST] Gun Cotton Factory
>
>
> > Could someone tell me whereabouts the Gun Cotton Factory was in
> comparision
> > to todays Stowmarket?
> >
> > Can't quite work it out in my head...
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Jules

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