Scanned image of Argyll, Kames View of gunpowder works pier
SC 601515
Description Scanned image of Argyll, Kames View of gunpowder works pier
Date 29/3/1979
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 601515
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Gunpowder pier, Kames, Argyll This pier was built to serve a gunpowder works inland from Kames, and an associated saltpetre works beside the pier. As with the later and nearby steamer pier, it appears to have been built as a stone pier, and extended in timber later. This view shows the pier from the north west. The gable on the right is part of the former saltpetre works. The gunpowder works closed in 1920, and the pier is now privately owned. The Kames gunpowder works was sited to take advantage of remoteness from centres of population, convenience for shipping, and availability of suitable wood for charcoal making. The works had its own fleet of vessels to convey the product. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H79/29/9
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