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Central Ammunition Depot (other)
Central Ammunition Depot may refer to: India * CAD, Pulgaon, Wardha district, Maharashtra United Kingdom * CAD Bramley Camp, Hampshire * CAD Kineton, Warwickshire * CAD Longtown, Cumbria *CAD Monkton Farleigh Monkton Farleigh is a village and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England, on high ground northwest of Bradford-on-Avon, and a similar distance east of the city of Bath. The parish includes the hamlets of Farleigh Wick and Pinckney Green. In th ..., Wiltshire, also known as CAD Corsham * CAD Nesscliffe, Shropshire {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Ammunition Depot, Pulgaon
Pulgaon () is a municipal council in Wardha district in the India States and territories of India, state of Maharashtra. The nearest city is Wardha, away via the Mumbai–Nagpur Expressway. Located near Pulgaon is the Central Ammunition Depot, Pulgaon, Central Ammunition Depot, a military area and the second-largest ammunition depot in Asia. History Pulgaon was created as a municipality in 1901The Census Handbook of the Wardha district instead gives the year as 1902. and has an area of under its jurisdiction. The old town lies south of the railway station and is relatively new; it grew from a collection of hutments of workers employed for the nearby railway bridge over the Wardha river. It is therefore unofficially called "Bridgetown" (from mar, पुल, pul, bridge and mar, गाव, gaon, village/town). The town's rapid rise in importance was partially due to its favorable position in the center of a cotton-growing area. The town is built on rocky soil and derives its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bramley Camp
Bramley Training Area is a British Army training camp, located south of the village of Bramley, Hampshire. Opened during World War I as an ammunition depot, the site now comprises a field training area and an Army Reserve Centre at Lapraik House, the base for C Squadron, 21 Special Air Service. Bramley Ordnance Depot Bramley Ordnance Depot (known as Central Ammunition Depot Bramley from 1946) opened on the large areas of scrub land in north Hampshire in 1917 for the manufacture and storage of ammunition. A School of Ammunition was established on the site in 1922. To enable both safe manufacture and storage of munitions, well spaced railway tracks were built both sides of the Great Western Railway line connecting Basingstoke and Reading. The tracks were connected with each other at their northern and southern ends, and the tracks on either side of the running line were connected with each other by means of two tunnels under the GWR running lines. The tracks in the depot se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MoD Kineton
Defence Munitions (DM) Kineton occupies the site officially known as MOD Kineton, and is a Ministry of Defence property located close to the village of Kineton, Warwickshire, England. History Developed from 1941 onwards on land neighbouring the village of Burton Dassett, the site is approximately from both Banbury and Leamington Spa. Developed as a Central Ammunition Depot, it also served during the Second World War as a Royal Pioneer Corps camp. Defence Munitions Kineton is now the largest ammunition depot in western Europe. The base stores more than 60% of the entire Ministry of Defence’s munitions. Rail links Defence Munitions Kineton extends to 2200 acres. It is linked to the Network Rail mainline system by a branch line consisting of part of the former mainline of the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway, from . The building of the M40 motorway cut the line for a time, but after a new bridge was built, the line was rebuilt in its entirety with deep ballast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CAD Longtown
Longtown is a market town in Cumbria, England, just south of the Scottish Border. It has a sheep market which was at the centre of the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth crisis. Just south-west of Longtown is Arthuret Church, dedicated to St Michael and All Angels. Location It is in the parish of Arthuret and on the River Esk. Longtown is to the north of Carlisle and to the east of Dumfries. History Historically in Cumberland, nearby was the Battle of Arfderydd in 573. The Battle of Solway Moss was fought nearby in 1542. 2001 UK Foot and mouth crisis Longtown is the location of the largest sheep markets in England. The first animal to be found infected with foot-and-mouth disease in the 2001 crisis had been purchased at Longtown Market. While at the market it spread the infection to other animals. The size of the Longtown Sheep Market meant that the disease had spread right across the country in a very short time. Longtown became the centre for control of the disease in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CAD Monkton Farleigh
Monkton Farleigh is a village and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England, on high ground northwest of Bradford-on-Avon, and a similar distance east of the city of Bath. The parish includes the hamlets of Farleigh Wick and Pinckney Green. In the west and northwest the parish is bounded by Somerset. It is known for its underground mines of Bath Stone, which were converted into one of the largest Ministry of Defence underground ammunition stores in the country. History The Roman road from Silchester to Bath, and later earthworks which may be part of Wansdyke, run east–west and form the northern boundary of the modern parish. Domesday Book of 1086 recorded a settlement of 24 households, and land held by Brictric and his brother Alwy. The manor passed to the Bohun family, and was held by Humphrey I de Bohun around 1120. The Bohuns founded the Priory of St Mary Magdalene thereafter, and it had a church by c.1150. In the early 13th century the priory was rebuilt with a larger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MoD Corsham
MOD Corsham (formerly Basil Hill Barracks) is a Ministry of Defence establishment located between the towns of Corsham and Box in Wiltshire, England. History The War Office bought a section of the Pockeridge estate to provide space for Basil Hill Barracks in 1936. The barracks were used by 15 Company Royal Army Ordnance Corps as the administrative headquarters for a Central Ammunitions Depot serving the south of England, known as CAD Corsham or CAD Monkton Farleigh. The depot closed in 1964, although the site was retained by the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and was still used as the headquarters of their Territorial Army section in the 1980s. The site had two significant older buildings. Pockeridge House, to the east of the site, has origins in the 18th century, with additions including coach houses, stables and a walled garden; it was used as the Officer’s Mess. Sandhurst Block is a substantial two-storey office building which was built in 1938, reputedly in the style of a mona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
