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Powder Mills
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On walking routes: The Lichway
Main image: Incorporating Mill in Gunpowder factory - 41 metres from location - image by Rick Crowley (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Built in the late 18th century, the works operated intermittently for over a hundred years, their remote location on Dartmoor chosen deliberately for safety and water power.
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