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At the start of the American Civil War, the Confederacy suffered from a lack of resources with the capability to produce small arms weapons. Virginia appropriated funds to modernize the Old State Armory building in Richmond with arms-making machinery manufactured in England, but the confrontation at Fort Sumter initiated the Union blockade which prevented delivery of the machinery.
English: Richmond Arms, Winton Substantial Victorian pub on Charminster Road, popular with students in the evening. Cask ales at my visit: Greene King IPA, Morland Old Speckled Hen. Cask ales at my visit: Greene King IPA, Morland Old Speckled Hen.
Skegness (/ ˌ s k ɛ ɡ ˈ n ɛ s / skeg-NESS) is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey District of Lincolnshire, England. On the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, the town is 43 miles (69 km) east of Lincoln and 22 miles (35 km) north-east of Boston. With a population of 21,128 as of 2021, it is the largest settlement in East ...
The Virginia Manufactory of Arms was a state-owned firearms manufacturer and arsenal in what is today Richmond, Virginia. It was established by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1798 to supply the Virginia militia with firearms and related items such as swords and bayonets.
This is an extensive list of antique guns made before the year 1900 and including the first functioning firearms ever invented. The list is not comprehensive; create an entry for listings having none; multiple names are acceptable as cross-references, so that redirecting hyperlinks can be established for them.
English: Charminster: the Richmond Arms A large pub situated on the main Charminster Road, on the corner of King's Road. Almost attached (right) is the former public toilets, which have been boarded up for some years and which are semi-underground, entailing steps to reach them but still with windows above ground level.
Richmond Drive is a cricket ground in Skegness, Lincolnshire.The first recorded match on the ground was in 1879, when a Lincolnshire team played against Notts Castle. [1] The first Minor Counties Championship match played at the ground saw Lincolnshire play the Yorkshire Second XI in 1907.
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