Talk:Gunpowder magazine

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A fact from Gunpowder magazine appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 4 October 2007.

Ive tried to write a DYKnow hook for this, but its tricky. Lots of the stuff is from other places. There is some excellent ideas about the 1642 place... but no refs.

It could read

• ... that the 1642 Gunpowder magazine was built away from habitation but ironically very close to the last plant in the UK making gunpowder? Victuallers 21:03, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other places?

Were gunpowder magazines used exclusively in Britain? If so, it would be nice to have an explanation of why and what replaced them elsewhere; if not, then this article is quite incomplete. Rigadoun (talk) 17:52, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

No. The article is very much incomplete.Pyrotec 14:21, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

If someone intends to expand this to the U.S., famous incidents involving gunpowder magazines early in the American Revolution include the Powder Alarm and the Gunpowder Incident. —Kevin Myers 23:02, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

I was intending to add a section on what is now the Republic of Ireland. I have no knowledge of the USA other than a bit of the early of history of du Pont at the Brandywine Creek. Can I suggest that Kevin, or someone else, adds the Powder Alarm and the Gunpowder Incident?Pyrotec 14:21, 6 October 2007 (UTC)