Closure By The British Government
The Ballincollig Powder Mills fell into disuse a few years after the Napoleonic Wars and the Duke of Wellington ordered ‘The whole of the wooden part of the manufactory to be taken down (and) the foundations to be preserved’ The machinery was oiled, painted and maintained. Some of the equipment was put up for auction in 1831 and soon many of the buildings were in dilapidated state. In 1833 it became known that the concern had been taken over by Sir John Tobin and Company of Liverpool and it was planned to have it operating in the near future.
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