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Crinan Harbour, Pyroligneous Acid Works View from SE of chimney and production buildings
SC 463776
Description Crinan Harbour, Pyroligneous Acid Works View from SE of chimney and production buildings
Date 10/5/1976
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 463776
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Former pyroligneous acid works, Crinan Harbour, Argyll This works was built to distil, in retorts, locally-grown wood. This process yielded gas, wood-tar, and a mixture of methyl alcohol and acetic acid. The acid, known as pyroligneous acid, was used to manufacture chemicals for calico printing. This view shows the remains of the works from the south, with the chimney of the retort house, and the overgrown remains of some of the buildings. The way in which the works was laid out is not immediately clear from the remains. Pyroligneous acid was used as a cheap substitute for acetic acid made from malted barley by fermentation (vinegar). The metal salts of acetic acid were used to fix dyes to cloth in the process of calico printing. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H76/76/15
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