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Sandilands Chemical Works, Aberdeen

551 1/4/9/1109

Description Sandilands Chemical Works, Aberdeen

Date 1986

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number 551 1/4/9/1109

Category All Other

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2178939

Collection Hierarchy - Sub-Group Level

Collection Level (551 1) Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh, Scotland

> Group Level (551 1/4) National Survey Programmes

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>>> Sub-Group Level (551 1/4/9/1109) Sandilands Chemical Works, Aberdeen

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521312 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works, interior. View of fresh water scrubber which washes out sulphuric dioxide fumes from superphosphate dens. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521313 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works. General view of compound fertilizer store from South-West. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521314 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works, interior. View of compound fertilizer in store. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521315 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works. View of granulation plant and its sea-water scrubbing plant outside with sacks of fertilizer ready for despatch. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521294 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works. General view of superphosphate plant, raw phosphate store, dens and compound fertilizer store from North-East. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521295 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works. General view of phosphate store from North with foremans office - this area of the site was formerly the sulphuric acid plant. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521296 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works, interior. View of raw phosphate in store with shuttered concrete arch roof. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521297 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works. View of superphosphate plant from North-East with bridge to intermediate store and blending. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521298 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works, interior. View of Bradley Pulverizer Co Poitte Mill used for grinding raw phosphate down to the correct texture before going to the superphosphate plant. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521299 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works, interior. View of Bradley Pulverizer Co Poitte Mill used for grinding raw phosphate down to the correct texture before going to the superphosphate plant. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521300 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works, interior. View of top floor showing phosphate/acid mixing vessel above den No 2, acid despatch tank & raw phosphate weighing and despatch machine. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521301 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works, interior. View of superphosphate plant top floor, weighing & depatch plant for pulverized raw phosphate, which is taken to the dens by auger to be mixed with sulphuric acid. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521302 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works, interior. View of emergency douche in superphosphate plant for washing off sulphuric acid spillages. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521303 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works, interior. View of acid and phosphate mixing pot fitted with electric motor driven paddles. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521304 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works, interior. View of base of acid & phosphate mixing pot in superphosphate den with feed into den chamber below. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521305 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works, interior. View of dens No 2 in superphosphate plant. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521306 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works, interior. View of end shield on No1 superphosphate - cutter blades are in fixed position behind shield, and the body of the den moves forward onto the blades allowing them to empty the den. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521307 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works, interior. View of main body of superphosphate den made from fabricated steel pieces with flanges of angle section and ribs of 'T' section rolled steel bolted together. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521308 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works, interior. View of superphosphate den in fully extended forward position. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521309 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works, inteiror. View of superphosphate den in retracted position for loading prior to superphosphate being cut out. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521310 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works, interior. View of bucket elevator carrying superphosphate off conveyor belt beneath dens. 23/4/1986 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2521311 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works, interior. View of base of fresh water scrubber for cleaning den fumes. 23/4/1986 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images A 75381 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works. General view of superphosphate plant, raw phosphate store, dens and compound fertilizer store from North-East. 23/4/1986 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images A 75382 Aberdeen, Links Road, Sandilands Chemical Works. General view of phosphate store from North with foremans office - this area of the site was formerly the sulphuric acid plant. 23/4/1986 Item Level

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