Edingham Munitions Works

This site has appeared before on this forum and others, but it is relatively local to me and I haven't so far been able to have a proper explore of the site, so apologies in advance. I didn't realise the scale of the site so these pictures only cover about a third of the works, also when I was there part of the site was closed of for filming.
I have also included some shots of the Dumfries to Stranraer railway line which the works were built to utilise and the railway station (Southwick) which was used by the factory workers.
A bit of history:
Building began in 1939 by McAlpine Construction, most of the factory was built by hand. The final cost of construction was £3.5 million. Cordite and Nitro Glycerine were made here for the ICI works at Powfoot.
After the war the site was used by the Admiralty to store floating mines. The site was sold back to local farmers in 1960. The Dumfries to Stranraer railway (the port road) was axed by Beeching in 1965. More pics are here http://www.flickr.com/photos/107793356@N06/sets/72157642897177144/

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Looking from rail siding to passenger railway

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And the view back

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The remains of Southwick station

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Finally some more bunkers

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Thank you for looking

Great pictures of an interesting place, I do like the old ARP sign telling you which shelter to use and not to forget your gas mask!

That's my kind of place, thanks!

krela said:

That's my kind of place, thanks!

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Thanks, I really enjoyed the explore, I will definitely go back and take a torch next time!

There's some lovely old structures there! Cheers for sharing!

That looks like a good day out, why is there a guard rail on the pill box? Thanks for posting.

Smashing what a interesting site so many features to see,thanks forsharing.

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why is there a guard rail on the pill box?.

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Because all munition/explosive works were built way out in the sticks, you did not have the many R O posts that plotted the courses of incoming air raids over large built-up areas/cities. Thus there was a need for an elevated post within these factories for observers to spot any incoming enemy aircraft as quickly as possible. Many such posts were placed on top of the pill box that acted as the' command post' for troops guarding the site. Usually these pill boxes or bunkers were placed on the highest elevation within the site and from memory the box photographed does indeed give excellent views over the location. In many instances the guard rails had a protection of sand bags built within them.

Mate !! That is one of the most interesting sites that i have seen for a while !! Your photography has certainly done it justice and although it is nigh on 15,000 miles from me, i will definately be planning a visit !! Thanks for a great report !!

fluffy5518 said:

Mate !! That is one of the most interesting sites that i have seen for a while !! Your photography has certainly done it justice and although it is nigh on 15,000 miles from me, i will definately be planning a visit !! Thanks for a great report !!

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Thank you very much, the site is so large it is difficult to do it justice so it is nice to get all of your positive feedback. All I can say to anyone planning a trip to here is that is well worth it.

Great post well done on that one mate

Sheer magic, loved that.