First Powder Mill
Near this site stood the "mill for making of powder . . . at Unkety or Dorchester Mill" where gunpowder was manufactured for carrying on King Philip's War in 1675. After serving in several colonial wars it blew up in 1744.
1930 text, presented as a historical document.
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Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
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