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ROF Chorley

Buildings and structures in ChorleyFilling factoriesRoyal Ordnance Factories in England
A ROYAL VISIT TO THE LEYLAND FACTORY, ENGLAND, UK, 1941 P397
A ROYAL VISIT TO THE LEYLAND FACTORY, ENGLAND, UK, 1941 P397

ROF Chorley was a UK government-owned munitions filling Royal Ordnance Factory (Filling Factory No. 1). It was planned as a permanent Royal Ordnance Factory with the intention that it, unlike some other similar facilities, would remain open for production after the end of World War II; and, together with ROF Bridgend (Filling Factory No. 2), would replace the Royal Filling Factory located at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. It was built largely in Euxton, but was known as ROF Chorley. After the privatization of the Royal Ordnance Factories in the 1980s it became part of the Ammunition Division of Royal Ordnance plc and later a production unit of BAE Systems Global Combat Systems Munitions. Chorley factory closed in 2005-07 and the majority of the site is now home to the new Buckshaw Village on the outskirts of Chorley, although many remnants remain. The factory had a storage depot built deep into the Pennine hills, over Chorley, in the village of Heapey; the facility is still in use by BAE although its exact usage has still not been revealed.

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A ROYAL VISIT TO THE LEYLAND FACTORY, ENGLAND, UK, 1941 P397
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