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Powfoot, Royal Ordnance Factory, Nitrocellulose Factory

Oblique aerial view centred on a trench system in the Ordnance Factory, taken from the N.
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Oblique aerial view centred on a trench system in the Ordnance Factory, taken from the NNE.
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Oblique aerial view centred on a trench system in the Ordnance Factory, taken from the W.
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General oblique aerial view centred the remains of the Ordnance Factory, taken from the ENE.
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General oblique aerial view centred the remains of the Ordnance Factory, taken from the
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Oblique aerial view centred on part of the remains of the Ordnance Factory, taken from the NNE.
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Oblique aerial view centred on part of the remains of the Ordnance Factory, taken from the WNW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on part of the remains of the Ordnance Factory, taken from the SE.
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Oblique aerial view centred on part of the remains of the Ordnance Factory, taken from the SSE.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Powfoot, Royal Ordnance Factory, Nitrocellulose Factory, NY16NE 58, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
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View from laboratory block [K1] from N.
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Detail of 1 of several fireclay roof vents on top of magazine [M3].
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Hydraulic Pump House [N1]: view of hydraulic pumping machinery, including 1 of 2 G and J weir of Glasgow units in foreground, and 2 larger unidentified units in background, each powered by British Thomson Houston electric motors.
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Press house [P2]: view of Nitrocellulose press.
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Oblique aerial view centred on a trench system in the Ordnance Factory, taken from the SW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on part of the remains of the Ordnance Factory, taken from the SW.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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General view from S of block containing general stores and joiners' and mechanics' workshop.
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View from SW of railway dispatch buildings [V1, V2 and V9], latterly converted for road transport. View also shows examples of bogeys used on narrow gauge railway throughout plant
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View from N of railway dispatch buildings [V1, V2 and V9] also showing typical example of electrical switchgear box and narrow gauge railway connecting most parts of the factory.
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View from ESE of recovered alcohol stand pipes and tanks, with still house [W4] behind.
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Elevated general view from ESE of incorporating and press houses [Z2 and P2 respectively], and hydraulic pump house [centre].
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View of coating and glazing house [C1] from NE.
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View from NW of magazine [M2].
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Elevated view from SE of stove house [S5] showing ventilator units.
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Hyrdaulic Pump House [N1]: view of hydraulic pumping machinery, comprising 2 large unidentified units, each powered by British Thomson Houston electric motors. Also in the building were 2 small G and J Weir hydraulic pumps. The hydraulic pipework and valves were supllied by Glenfield Kennedy of Kilmarnock, and the power from the engines was stored in 4 accumulators outside the building. Several nitrocellulose processes involved the use of hydraulically operated presses.
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General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the Ordnance Factory, taken from the SE.
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Oblique aerial view centred on part of the remains of the Ordnance Factory, taken from the WNW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on part of the remains of the Ordnance Factory, taken from the SE.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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View from E of railway weighbridge.
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General view from SE of press house [W1], also known as P4.
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General view from SW of ether plant [still house, W3], with surrounding tanks and pipes.
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View from NE of hydraulic plant/ pump house [N1].
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View of press house [P2] from E.
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View from S of press house [P2, left] and incorporating house [Z2, right].
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View from NW of steeping building [B3], also showing network of narrow-gauge railway linking parts of factory [diesel locomotive haulage].
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View from NE of expense store [X5].
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General view from SE of concrete water tower [J] and water filtration building [J2].
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Example of Stove House [S9]: view showing doorways to compartments, part of the trays contained in Compartment No 7, the path of brass-covered narrow-gauge railway line [tracks removed] and Veitchy-covered floor areas [a special surface which helps prevent sparks].
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Oblique aerial view centred on a trench system in the Ordnance Factory, taken from the WNW.
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General oblique aerial view centred the remains of the Ordnance Factory, taken from the NE.
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Oblique aerial view centred on part of the remains of the Ordnance Factory, taken from the SE.
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Oblique aerial view.
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View from NE of railway dispatch buildings [V1, V2 and V9] latterly converted for road transport.
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View from ESE of recovered alcohol stand pipes and tanks, with still house [W4] behind.
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General view from NE of still house [W4].
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Detailed view of entrance to steeping building [B3]
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General view from NE of sifting building [S4].
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Typical Tower Blending House [G5]: view of middle floor, showing feed hopper and central part of blending mechanism. All the apparatus is built from copper.
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Typical Tower Blending House [G5]: view of bottom floor, showing base of blending apparatus, all of which is constructed from copper. A secondary suspended hopper has been removed from the part of the machine, and can be seen separately on C/37577.
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Cotaing and Glazing House: detail of glazing machine [built from copper], used to coat nitrocellulose with graphite. The machine is driven by line shaft from a neighbouring motor house [with electric motors], and the machine is exactly the same type as those used to coat sweets in the confectionary industry.
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General view from NE of boilerhouse and railway sidings [standard gauge].
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General view from NE of Boilerhouse and Railway sidings [standard gauge].
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General view of fire station and ambulance station from W.
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General view from SE of press house [W1], also known as P4.
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Detailed view from NE of curved entrance tunnel through baffle wall to stove house [S9].
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Typical Tower Blending House [G5]: view of middle floor, showing feed hopper, and central part of blending mechanism. All the apparatus is built from copper.
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Ether House [W3]: View on 1st floor, showing column of copper still [centre] and remains of adjacent tanks, pipes and control equipment. Part of the plant was rebuilt in 1941 by Bennett and Shearer Ltd of Birmingham, who may have moved it from the neighbouring plant at Gretna.
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Still house [W4]: view on 1st floor of 2 columns and surrounding pipework and plant.
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Scanned image of an oblique aerial view.
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General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the Ordnance Factory, taken from the SSE.
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Oblique aerial view centred on a trench system in the Ordnance Factory, taken from the N.
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General view from NE of 1 of 2 wooden admin. buildings.
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Elevated general view from ESE of incorporating and press houses [Z2 and P2 respectively], and hydraulic pump house [centre].
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General view from SW of 2 pairs of hydraulic accumulator towers [2 high-pressure, and 2 low-pressure], outside the hydraulic plant house [N1].
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General view from SW of 2 pairs of hydraulic accumulator towers [2 high-pressure, and 2 low-pressure], outside the hydraulic plant house [N1].
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Side view of stove house [S9] from NE.
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Example of a steeping building [B3]: interior view showing tank, and narrow-gauge railway, with bogey outside far door.
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Press house [P2]: detailed view of Nitrocellulose press.
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General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the Ordnance Factory, taken from the S.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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General view from N of 2-storeyed blocks [31A] including former canteen.
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General view of fire station and ambulance station from W.
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View from SW of railway dispatch buildings [V1, V2 and V9], latterly converted for road transport. View also shows examples of bogeys used on narrow gauge railway throughout plant.
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General view from SW of ether plant [still house, W3], with surrounding tanks and pipes.
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Elevated view of test ranges and laboratory [K3] from NW.
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General view from SW of neighbouring disused TNT plaqnt, with Chapelcross Nuclear Power Station in distance.
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General view from SW of neighbouring disused TNT plant, with Chapelcross Nuclear Power Station in distance.
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Typical Tower Blending House [G5]: view of top floor, showing top of hopper, feeding blending mechanism below. All the apparatus is built from copper.
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Typical Tower Blending House [G5]: detail of suspended hopper forming part of bottom-floor, now dismantled and detached from machine [see C/37576].
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General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the Ordnance Factory, taken from the SE.
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Oblique aerial view centred on part of the remains of the Ordnance Factory, taken from the SE.
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Oblique aerial view.
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View from S along SW side of press house [P2] showing black veitchy floor covering beneath canopy.
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View from S of tower blender building [G5].
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View from W over top of expense store [X5] showing lightning conductor poles around building [lightning conductors of X7 nearby also visible].
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Organisation: Historic Environment Scotland (HES)

Alternative name(s): Broom Farm

Canmore ID: 66510

Site type: Explosives Factory (20th Century)

County: Dumfries-shire

Parish: Annan

Council: Dumfries And Galloway