Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Royal_Arsenal,_Woolwich,_London

GPTKB entity

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	historic site
gptkbp:area	approx. 1.3 square km at peak
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Royal_Artillery gptkb:Royal_Engineers gptkb:Woolwich_Arsenal_Football_Club
gptkbp:closed	1967
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currentUse	gptkb:museum residential housing retail and leisure
gptkbp:established	late 17th century
gptkbp:heritageStatus	several listed buildings
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London
gptkbp:location	gptkb:London Woolwich
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Building_10 gptkb:Building_41 gptkb:Dial_Arch gptkb:Royal_Gunpowder_Magazine gptkb:Royal_Brass_Foundry gptkb:Royal_Laboratory Grand Store Royal Carriage Factory Royal Military Academy (historic)
gptkbp:notableEvent	WWI munitions production WWII munitions production
gptkbp:notableFor	site of Royal Laboratory site of Royal Ordnance Factories production of weapons and ammunition site of Royal Brass Foundry site of Royal Gunpowder Magazine site of Royal Military Academy (until 1806)
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Henry_Shrapnel gptkb:Sir_John_Anderson gptkb:Sir_William_Crookes gptkb:Sir_William_Fairbairn gptkb:Sir_William_Henry_Bragg gptkb:Sir_William_Henry_Perkin gptkb:Sir_William_Huggins gptkb:Sir_William_Ramsay gptkb:Sir_William_Thomson_(Lord_Kelvin) gptkb:Sir_John_Rennie gptkb:Sir_Joseph_Whitworth gptkb:Sir_William_Perkin gptkb:Sir_Frederick_Abel gptkb:Sir_William_Siemens gptkb:Sir_Charles_Wheatstone gptkb:Sir_William_Robert_Grove gptkb:Sir_William_Armstrong gptkb:Sir_William_Congreve gptkb:Sir_William_George_Armstrong gptkb:Sir_William_Palliser Sir George Armstrong Sir William Froude
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:publicTransit	gptkb:Woolwich_Arsenal_railway_station Woolwich Elizabeth line station
gptkbp:purpose	military armaments manufacture
gptkbp:redevelopment	residential and commercial area
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Firepower:_The_Royal_Artillery_Museum
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7