Clachaig, Glenlean Blackpowder Works View showing ruinous remains of works
SC 553941
Description Clachaig, Glenlean Blackpowder Works View showing ruinous remains of works
Date 28/3/1979
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 553941
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Glen Lean Gunpowder Works, Clachaig, Argyll This was one of four large black gunpowder works which operated in Argyll in the 19th century, attracted to the area by its lack of sizeable settlements, its accessibility by sea, and the availability of wood suitable for making charcoal. This view shows a range of incorporating mills, in which the raw materials, sulphur, saltpetre (potassium nitrate) and charcoal, were ground together, using water power. The roofs and front walls were light, to limit the effect of explosion. Incorporating was the most dangerous operation in gunpowder manufacture, apart from drying. The works was operated by Curtis's and Harvey, which became part of Nobel's Explosives Co Ltd. Latterly it made sporting powder. It closed in 1892. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H79/21/8
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