RGM Book Series Books about the history of the Royal Gunpowder Mills written by Archive Volunteers. Book List Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey - An Illustrated Tour Text by Mireille Galinou and Robert TaylorPublication supported by Waltham AbbeyTown CouncilSoftcover: 6"x9", 32 pages, 64+ imagesBook: £3.50 / eBook: £3.00The tour concentrates on the areas concerned with gunpowder and cordite manufacture. Other chemical explosives, nitroglycerine, guncotton and tetryl were manufactured in the northern part of the site which is now the nature reserve. Buy eBook / Paperback Rocket Propellants at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Author: Bryan HowardISBN: 9798863029511Softcover: 6"x9", 74 pages, 19 imagesBook: £5.99 / eBook: £3.99This book discusses the research undertaken at the Royal Gunpowder Mills South Site after the Second World War, when it became a research establishment to develop propellants and explosives. Buy eBook / Paperback The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey Author: Les TuckerISBN: 9781493561254Softcover: 6"x9", 206 pages, 166 imagesBook: £7.99 / eBook: £5.99Describes many of the buildings visitors will see and their functions, from gunpowder production to rocket propellants. Buy eBook / Paperback The Waterways of the Royal Gunpowder Mills (Second Edition) Author: Richard ThomasISBN: 9781492312314Softcover: 6"x9", 52 pages, 28 imagesBook: £4.99 / eBook: £2.99Describes the waterways of the Royal Gunpowder Mills, which are a unique three level industrial canal system, originally extending to ten miles. Buy eBook / Paperback The Explosions at the Royal Gunpowder Mills (Second Edition) Author: Richard ThomasISBN: 9781492324676Softcover: 6"x9", 82 pages, 33 imagesBook: £4.99 / eBook: £2.99Making explosives is a dangerous business. This is the record of those accidents in which people lost their lives either in explosions or in the waterways which provided much of the early driving force for the Mills. Buy eBook / Paperback The Workforce of the Royal Gunpowder Mills: 1787 - 1841 Authors: Derek Armes & Sandra TaylorISBN: 9781492365822Softcover: 6"x9", 484 pagesBook: £12.50 / eBook: £10.50This book documents the personnel employed at the Mills during the period from 1787 to 1841. The definitive resource for genealogical research. Buy eBook / Paperback Workforce Worthies of the Royal Gunpowder Mills Authors: Derek Armes & Sandra TaylorISBN: 9781492367482Softcover: 6 x 9 in, 106 pages, 15 imagesBook: £5.99 / eBook: £3.99This book documents the lives of some of the more colourful personnel employed at the Mills during the period from 1787 to 1841. Buy eBook / Paperback Military Superintendents of the Royal Gunpowder Mills (Second Edition) Author: Peter BlakeISBN: 9781492324690Softcover: 6"x9", 70 pages, 27 imagesBook: £4.99 / eBook: £2.99These are the personal histories of some of the men who had charge of the Mills. They saw the Mills through many changes as steam replaced water power and cordite replaced gunpowder. Buy eBook / Paperback Manage Cookie Preferences