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Bishopton, Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory, Factory 2
Building(S) (20th Century), Explosives Factory (20th Century)
Site Name Bishopton, Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory, Factory 2
Classification Building(S) (20th Century), Explosives Factory (20th Century)
Canmore ID 300769
Site Number NS46NW 31.01
NGR NS 43659 69586
NGR Description Centred NS 43659 69586
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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DP 041274
Oblique aerial view centred on the central section of the explosives factory, taken from the N.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
25/3/2008
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1154892
Interior, Solventless Cordie, heating waste.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
SC 1154930
Interior, Tetryl, sieving house.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
DP 067497
View from SW of derelict buildings.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
12/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 069666
View from SSW of the weak sulphuric acid tank farm block with the spent acid storage block adjacent.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 069887
Interior. General view across main hall of the combustable charge container plant showing potcher frames.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1154558
General view from SE of factory looking NW.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
SC 1154856
Interior, Solventless Cordite, Tundish house.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
SC 1154926
Interior, Tetryl, boiling house-centrifugals.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systesm
DP 067495
View from NW of the phosphorus charging house.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
12/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 067496
View from SE of dining room blocks.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
12/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 067549
View from NW of settling pond adjacent to combustable charge container plant.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
12/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 069885
Interior. Detail of a beater in the combustable chrage container plant showing raised name of maker, Bertrams Limited, Sciennes, Edinburgh.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 069893
Interior. View in phosphorus charging house showing test equipment.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 041270
Oblique aerial view of Bishopton Royal Ordnance explosives factory centred on the central section of the explosives factory, taken from the W.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
25/3/2008
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1154862
Interior view showing Solventless Cordite, Mixing house, Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory, in 1944.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
SC 1154879
Interior, Solventless Cordite, horizontal 15" press and conveyor at S.C. 1.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
SC 1154927
Interior, Tetryl, graining house-dissolver and grainer.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
DP 067489
View from SW of the raw materials store.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
12/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 067491
View from SW of the coal fired boiler house (power station).
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
12/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 067494
View from SW of services canteen for Factory 2.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
12/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 067550
View from WSW of settling pond.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
12/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 069867
View from NW of cooling tower looking along concrete lined drain.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 069889
Interior. General view across main hall of the combustable charge container plant showing potcher frames.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 069890
Interior. General view across main hall of the combustable charge container plant showing potcher frames.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 069891
Interior. Detail of potcher frame in combustable charge container plant.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1154855
Interior, Solventless Cordite, intermediate house.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
SC 1154929
Interior, Tetryl, stove house.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
SC 1154931
Interior, Tetryl, packing house.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
SC 1154863
Interior, Solventless Cordite, Mixing house-sheeting machine and mixing in the background.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
SC 1154866
Interior, Solventless Cordite, rolling machine.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
SC 1154923
Interior, Tetryl, waste acid settling vats.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
SC 1154925
Interior, Tetryl, boiling vats.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
DP 067490
View from SW of the internal railway system narrow gauge railway locomotive workshop.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
12/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 067492
View from WNNW of the Ammonium Nitrate building
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
12/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 067493
View from SW of main garage workshop.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
12/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 067498
View from S of workshop.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
12/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 067548
View from SSE of engineering services workshop and office.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
12/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 069884
Interior. Detail of beater in the combustable charge container plant.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 069886
Interior. General view across main hall of the combustable charge container plant showing potcher frames.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 069888
Interior. General view across main hall of the combustable charge container plant showing potcher frames.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 041265
Oblique aerial view centred on the central section of the explosives factory, taken from the NW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
25/3/2008
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 041268
Oblique aerial view centred on the central section of the explosives factory, taken from the NW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
25/3/2008
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1154738
General view demolition guncotton section.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
SC 1154865
View, Solventless Cordite, rolling house.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
SC 1154924
Interior, Tetryl, filters.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
DP 069883
View from SSW looking to coal fired boiler house.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1154877
Interior, Solventless Cordite, stripping and carpet rolling house.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
SC 1154893
Interior, Solventless Cordite, cutting waste.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
SC 1154928
Interior, Tetryl, graining house-centrifugals.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
DP 069669
View from ENE of the weak sulphuric acid tank farm.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 069868
View from SE of processing tower.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 069882
General view from NNE looking to combustable charge container plant.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 069896
Interior. General view of main hall in phosphorus charging house showing part of the conveyor belt system and the collapsed brick ovens..
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1154735
View Nitrocellulose, settling ponds.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
SC 1154878
Interior, Solventless Cordite, horizontal press-charging.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
SC 1154880
Interior, Solventless Cordite, castellating.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
SC 1154881
View Solventless Cordite, heated truck for internal narrow gauge system, outside press house.
Survey of Private Collections
1/1944
© BAE Systems
DP 067500
View from SW of main garage workshop.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
12/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 069892
Interior. General view across main hall of the combustable charge container plant showing potcher frame bases.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 069894
Interior. General view of main hall in phosphorus charging house showing part of the conveyor belt system.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 069895
Interior. General view of main hall in phosphorus charging house showing part of the conveyor belt system.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 069897
Interior. General view of main hall in phosphorus charging house showing part of the conveyor belt system.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 069898
Interior. Detail in phosphorus charging house showing part of the conveyor belt system.
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
28/10/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Erskine
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS46NW 31.01 centred 43659 69586
