All of these mills were partially destroyed in 1917 by the Silvertown explosion at Brunner Mond 's munitions factory on the North Woolwich Road that was manufacturing explosives for Britain 's World War I military effort . The Brunner Mond works was about 100 yards east of where Millennium Mills stood , and the adjoining grain silos and flour warehouses were amongst the 17 acres of buildings that the Port of London Authority estimated were affected
Silvertown explosion
Silvertown explosion
Millennium Mills