View from SW of part of a row of nine Dough Mixers, manufactured by the Morton Machine Co Ltd of Wishaw, Scotland. In this process, the Alginic Acid is mixed with Sodium Carbonate to produce Sodium Alginate Dough in 400 kg batches
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View of three of six Sodium Alginate drum driers, with feed hoppers in foreground. The Sodium Alginate is milled after leaving the hopper, and is then blown into the revolving drum driers, which are supplied with steam-heated hot air
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Leaching Area: Detailed view of Con Vat No.3, and back of Dejuicer No.2
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View from NW of northern part of works, comprising buildings dating from the establishment of the factory by the Ministry of Supply during World War Two (early 1940s)
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View from SW of SE side of works, with two wooden fresh water tanks in distance
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View from SW of part of a row of nine Dough Mixers, manufactured by the Morton Machine Co Ltd of Wishaw, Scotland. In this process, the Alginic Acid is mixed with Sodium Carbonate to produce Sodium Alginate Dough in 400 kg batches
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View from NW of northern part of works, comprising buildings dating from the establishment of the factory by the Ministry of Supply during World War Two (early 1940s)
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General view of works from NE
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General view from NE of Settling Vats, with Continuous Process Vats (with stirrers) in foreground (28/3/96)
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General view from SW of Settling Vats
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General view of Leaching Area, showing Con Vat and Dejuicer Units. In this process, the Calcium Alginate is reacted with sulphuric acid in staged additions, resulting in the removal of the calcium and the creation of the Alginic Acid
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View of two of the three Stord Bartz Presses, used to increase the solids content of the Alginic Acid from 10 to 30%
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View of Mill and Sifting area, showing two of the four mill/sifter units (left static, right in motion). The Sodium Alginate is milled and sifted in this process, and is subsequently bagged into sacks
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Aerial view of Barcaldine Alginate Works looking to the South West. Distant view of the Creran Moorings Marina and the Sand and Gravel Quarry operated by J&A Gardner, also the mouth of Loch Creran and the Firth of Lorne and the sea beyond.
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View from SW of northern part of works,including Boiler House, comprising buildings dating from the establishment of the factory by the Ministry of Supply during World Wr Two (early 1940s)
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General view of works from WNW
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Detailed view of empty Slurry Vat
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Detail of Conversion Vat No.6 (oblique view)
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View from E in Weed Store, showing sacks of milled weed awaiting processing into alginate
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View from NE of Mature Tanks, in which milled weed matures at approximately 80 degrees C for 3-4 hours, after first being mixed with hot water and alkali. There are ten operational welded-steel cylindrical tanks, the output of which is sodium alginate paste
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View from NE of Decant and Feedback Tank, with Settling Vats in background. The Feedback is sent to the Slurry Area to be mixed with Sodium Alginate Paste to become slurry
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Detailed view of dejuicer for Floatation Vat No.5
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Oblique aerial view centred on the works with the pier adjacent, taken from the NW.
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View from W of Main Offices (28/3/96)
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General view from E of Stem Mill, which comprises shaking conveyors which shake off sand and shells (left), and primary and secondary mills (centre and right)
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Detail of Floatation Vat No.4, in which Calcium Alginate pulp is allowed to float on the surface of the vessel and swept off by rotating paddles, after which it passes through the dejuicer
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View of entrance to spillway from W, dam supplying water to works, Alginate Works, Barcaldine.
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Dam (NM 97 42) supplying water to works: Detailed view of entrance to spillway from SW
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View from SE of NE end of main production block, including tower-mounted cast-iron water tank
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Aerial view of Barcaldine Alginate Works looking to the North West
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View from E in Weed Store, showing sacks of milled weed awaiting processing into alginate
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General view from NE of Settling Vats, with Continuous Process Vats (with stirrers) in foreground (28/3/96)
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View from NE of NE end of main block of factory, containing alginic acid 'Morton' mixers and dryers and finishing plant
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View from NE of Main Offices
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Detailed view of weed stem entering the primary mill portion of the Stem Mill
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Detailed view of Separation Unit, part of the Continuous Process
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Oblique aerial view centred on the works with the pier adjacent, taken from the NE.
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View from SW of SE side of works, with two wooden fresh water tanks in distance
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View from W of Main Offices (28/3/96)
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View from SSW of SW end of works, containing weed stores (left), and settling tanks (right)
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Detailed view of Floatation Vat No.5
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Dam (NM 97 42) supplying water to works: View of Dam from N, showing earth bank (right), and washed boulders (left) protecting the dam on the reservoir (E) side
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Dam (NM 97 42) supplying water to works: View of Dam from N, showing earth bank (right), and washed boulders (left) protecting the dam on the reservoir (E) side
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View from E of ancillary buildings on N side of plant, with Quality Control Laboratory in foreground
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View from NE of Main Offices
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View from SW in Weed Store, showing stocks of Laminaria Hyperborea, a seaweed from the Outer Hebrides and Ireland
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Oblique aerial view centred on the works with the pier adjacent, taken from the NNW.
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View of dam (NM 97 42) supplying water to works showing entrance to spillway from W, Alginate Works, Barcaldine.
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Detail of Floatation Vat No.4, in which Calcium Alginate pulp is first squeezed by a dejuicer, and then allowed to float on the surface of the vessel and swept off by rotating paddles
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Dam (NM 97 42) supplying water to works: Detailed view of entrance to spillway from W
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Dam (NM 97 42) supplying water to works: Detailed view of entrance to spillway from WNW, with Jim Mackie (RCAHMS Photographer) in foreground
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View from SE of Slurry Area (with empty slurry tanks visible), where sodium alginate paste is mixed with 'feedback' (dilute alginate solution from an intermediate recovery process), producing slurry.
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View from SW of northern part of works,including Boiler House, comprising buildings dating from the establishment of the factory by the Ministry of Supply during World War Two (early 1940s)
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Leaching Area: Detailed view of Dejuicer No.1
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Leaching Area: View of middle portion of Wickhams Press, which dejuices Calcium Alginate prior to the leaching process
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Dam (NM 97 42) supplying water to works: view of spillway emerging from base of dam
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Dam (NM 97 42) general view of Dam and reservoir from S
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View from SE of NE end of main production block, including tower-mounted cast-iron water tank
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View of Conversion Vat No.5, in which calcium chloride is added to alginate liquor, producing Calcium Alginate Pulp
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Detail of Conversion Vat No.6 (oblique view)
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View from SW in Weed Store, showing stocks of Laminaria Hyperborea, a seaweed from the Outer Hebrides and Ireland
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View of Mill and Sifting area, showing two of the four mill/sifter units (left static, right in motion). The Sodium Alginate is milled and sifted in this process, and is subsequently bagged into sacks
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Detail of weed being untied and put on shaking conveyor approaching Stem Mill
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Dam (NM 97 42) supplying water to works: View at Dam of Jim Bailey, Process Chemist, who helped RCAHMS complete this survey prior to the closure of the plant in late 1996
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Dam (NM 97 42) general view of Dam and reservoir from S
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Dam (NM 97 42) supplying water to works: Detailed view of entrance to spillway from W, with Jim Mackie (RCAHMS Photographer) in foreground
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Organisation: Historic Environment Scotland (HES)
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Canmore ID: 93348
Site type: Works (period Unassigned)
County: Argyll
Parish: Ardchattan And Muckairn (argyll And Bute)
Council: Argyll And Bute