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ARMY BARRACKS AND DEPOTS

THE LABORATORY

The earliest description of The Laboratory at Mount Wise, Devonport, is dated 1823  [1]:

'The Laboratory consist of twenty-one detached buildings, inclosed by a high wall, and forming an oblong square.  These buildings are designed to be used as workshops, for smiths, joiners, harness makers, and other tradesmen employed in the manufactory of stores requisite for an equipment of a military expedition.  Neat houses for officers are erected on the eastern side, where the entranced is also situated.'

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Sources:

[1]  "The Tourist's Companion Being a Guide to the Towns of Plymouth, Plymouth-Dock, Stonehouse, Morice-Town, Stoke, etc., Messrs Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1823.

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