Bishopton, Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory, South, General

Oblique aerial view centred on the central section of the explosives factory, taken from the NW.
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Interior Sub Station switch panel.
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Interior P.O.P. convertor
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Interior Primer stoves
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Interior. View of processing room of the paste packing and despatch building.
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View from E of spent acid area.
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View from NNE of the raw material storage building.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the earth banked processing units with the water supply ponds adjacent, taken from the SW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the processing houses, taken from the NW.
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View H.P. and L.P. steam ring mains over Dargavel Road.
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View Gaillard Precipitator and Recuperator.
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Interior Drilling house, showing primers and slabs.
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View from SW of power house with steam power line supports in the foreground..
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Detail of entrance to paste packing and despatch building.
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View from SW of the raw material prepration and fusion building with the reconcentrated acid storage and mixing building adjacent.
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View from E of the raw material storage building.
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View from W of acid recovery tower.
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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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Scanned image of oblique aerial view centred on the S part of the Ordnance Factory..
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Interior Steam boiler, top drum.
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Interior Switch house (Reyrolle).
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Interior Slab press.
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View from SE of the white phosphorus plant.
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Oblique aerial view of Bishopton Royal Ordnance explosives factory centred on the central section of the explosives factory, taken from the W.
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View from SE of standard gauge locomotive shed with two diesel electric locomotives and a railway crane outside Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory.
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General view Nitric Acid Plant showing acid and ammonia rail cars.
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Interior Dry primer - packing.
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View from SW of the paste packing and despatch building.
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View from SE of spent acid concentration plant.
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General view of derelict buildings in spent acid reconcentrating area.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Glasgow, Bishipton, Royal Ordnance Factory. Ariel view.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the northern section of the explosives factory, taken from the NNW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the central section of the explosives factory, taken from the NW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the earth banked processing units, taken from the SW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the central section of the explosives factory, taken from the N.
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General oblique aerial view of the Bishopton explosives factory, taken from the S.
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Interior Steam distribution, outside boiler house.
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Interior P.O.P. 'Bellis' air compressor unit.
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Interior Demolition slab crates.
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View from E of derelict building.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Glasgow, Bishipton, Royal Ordnance Survey. Aerial view.
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General oblique aerial view of the Bishopton explosives factory, taken from the S.
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Interior Power House, lower platform
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View Sewage farm.
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Interior Gaillard Tower and concentration still base with control panel.
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Interior Moulding room.
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View from SE of standard gauge locomotive workshop.
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View from SW of the overhead system for the transport of material with the charge forming, accumulator and pump house in the background.
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View from SW of the raw material prepration and fusion building with the reconcentrated acid storage and mixing building adjacent.
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General oblique aerial view centred on the explosives works, taken from the SE.
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View No.3 Boiler and Power Plant.
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Interior Steam boiler (John Thompson stoker), front.
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Interior Power House - upper platform.
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View of women packing primer cylinders, at Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory, Renfrewshire.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the processing houses, taken from the NW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the central section of the explosives factory with Dargavel House adjacent, taken from the
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View of water ponds (former clay beds for brickworks) with No.2 Power Station in the background.
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Interior Pumphouse cooling water.
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Interior Dipping slabs in phenol.
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View from SW of the bulk limestone handling plant with the raw material storage building adjacent and other derelict buildings.
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View from N of fitters workshop.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Details

Organisation: Historic Environment Scotland (HES)

Alternative name(s):

Canmore ID: 68381

Site type: Explosives Factory (20th Century)

County: Renfrewshire

Parish: Erskine

Council: Renfrewshire