In 1912, a second factory was built by the Explosives Loading Company, with a third by Eley Brothers Ltd. established nearby at Harty Ferry.

The mills in the marshes near Faversham were a major production centre, sending their output by river barges to the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich.

Hundreds of workers were travelling daily across the marshland from nearby villages and towns to work in the mills.

[3] Four wagons from the Davington Light Railway were purchased by Colonel Stephens for use on the Rye and Camber Tramway.

[2] The southern terminus of the railway was at Davington, where there was a station with goods yard and locomotive shed.

The Deutz locomotive was later supplemented by five Ruston Proctor petrol/paraffin locomotives, one of which is owned by the Vale of Rheidol Railway and stored at Aberystwyth, where it is shown as ex-Cotton Powder Company Ruston Proctor 4wPM, works no 51168 of 1916; it was built to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in).