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Chart Gunpowder Mills
Chart Gunpowder Mills, Westbrook Walk, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8NS.
Chart Mills is one of the very few fully restored gunpowder mills in the country and, given a suitable water supply, is fully working.
Chart Mills is an incorporating mill, the process where the ingredients, saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal, having been mixed together are incorporated together to become an explosive mixture.
Incorporating was the most vital process as it determined the quality, power and evenness of burning of the powder; in all there were 11 processes in the whole manufacture of gunpowder.Today visitors can stroll round the mill and can see the watermills driving the mill wheel.
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Opening Times:
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1st Apr-31st Oct |
14:00-17:00 |
Sun, Sat |
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Opening
times listed were correct at the time of entry but should be checked before
departure.
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Admission/Prices:
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All Visitors Free of Charge
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Prices listed were correct at the time of entry but should
be checked before departure.
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