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ARKENGARTHDALE, North Riding

Old Powder Magazine                                      NZ 998 034

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The Old Powder Magazine, built in about 1804 to store black powder used in the C.B. mines, looks rather like a summerhouse. The mines were named after the initials of their founder, Charles Bathurst. 

When dynamite replaced black powder the building was used as a candle store. 





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Date taken: 2009

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Copyright Ray Blyth 2018