ROF Newport

Coordinates: 51°34′55″N 2°58′26″W / 51.582°N 2.974°W / 51.582; -2.974 ROF Newport was World War II Royal Ordnance Factory that produced guns. Building started on a former allotment site off Corporation Road, Newport in April 1940.

On 7 November 1940 the Factory was officially opened by Sir Charles Northrup McLaren, the Director General of Ordnance Factories. The first gun was manufactured in January 1941.

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