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Bishopton, Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory, Administration And General Factory

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Building(S) (20th Century), Explosives Factory (20th Century), Laboratory(S) (20th Century), Office(S) (20th Century)

Site Name Bishopton, Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory, Administration And General Factory

Classification Building(S) (20th Century), Explosives Factory (20th Century), Laboratory(S) (20th Century), Office(S) (20th Century)

Canmore ID 300773

Site Number NS47SW 149.01

NGR NS 43583 70414

NGR Description Centred NS 43583 70414

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/300773

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Interior workers canteen
Interior workers canteenView main transport car park with single and doube decker buses.View MTC Drivers and cars in the main car park.Interior. Calorific value testing.Interior C.I.A. optical inspection, solventless cordite.Interior CH.I.D. test papers. PreparationView Oleum Plant.Interior Oleum Plant, convertor, SO3 cooler and instrument panel.Interior, Gun Room, loading cartridges.View from S of administration dining and cafeteria block.View from WSW of main administration block.View from NE of the cordite testing and heat testing laboratory.View from SE of stability hutsInterior of main panel (switchgear) in switch house.Interior, detail of main switch panel (switchgear).View from SE of Ingleston farmstead stable block.View within eareth banks surrounding switch house and steam strong point.View from S of kitchen block with power house in the background.View from the NNE of the remains of the main G.N. house.View from SSW of the weak sulphuric acid tank farm block with the spent acid storage block adjacent.View from NE of the coal fired power station.View from NE of Ingleston farmstead stable block.View from SW of main house of Ditch farmstead.View from WSW of factory entrance main gate (E) with an air-raid shelter and Bishopton station in the background.Interior main surgery showing nurses with patient.Interior Surgery, optical clinic with optician and patient.Interior Dance at clubInterior CH.I.D. cordite grinding C.C.I.Interior Oleum Plant, sulphur burner and waste heat boiler.Interior Denitration Plant, still tops and Nitric acid condensors.Interior Denitration plant, absorption towers.View from SE of calorific valve laboratory.View from W of magazines.View from NE of oil and paint store with the stores office behind.View from NE of the fuel office and brass scrap store.View from SW of BWD Workshop.General view of stores area with BWD stores in background.Interior, detail of switchgear panel for bulk supply power houses Nos.1-3.Interior, recrystallising filtration and drying shed showing process start.Interior, recrystallising filtration and drying shed.Interior, detail of process start in recrystallising filtration and drying shed.General view from NW looking to the raw material and cotton storesInterior, showing main switch board for power houses.General view from NNW of internal works narrow gauge railway locomotive shop and truck repair shop with battery charging station to rearwith narrow gauge trackwork in the foreground.View from SW of machine shop.View from N of part of the dehydration and dilution block with the spent acid concentration block adjacent.View from NNW of dehydration and dilution block with the main G.N. house in the background.View from N of the shell remains of the main G.N. house.Interior, of main G.N. house showing first floor pump motors.Interior, of main G.N. house showing first floor equipment.Interior, of main G.N. house showing W hall.View from N of N elevation of Ingleston farmstead stable block.View from ESE of brick extension to Ditch farmstead.View from E of main house of Ditch farmstead.Oblique aerial view centred on the water supply ponds of the explosives factory, taken from the W.Workers clocking in to the Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory, Renfrewshire.View NNW of ROF Bishopton north railway sidings. Ex Caledonian Railway Co. 0-6-0 'Jumbo' freight tender engine.Women working in the P.A.D, control room of the Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory, Renfrewshire. Interior. Quick extraction room.Interior. Non-explosive testing room.View, Gun Room, range, from target end.View from WSW of chemical inspectorate laboratory.View from South West of ARP shelter.General view of switch house showing revetted earth banks.View from NW of the machine shop.Interior view of narrow gauge railway locomotive workshop.General view from NNW of stores blocks with narrow gauge trackwork in the foreground.General view from NE of part of Factory 2.General view from NE of part of Factory 2.Interior, of main G.N. house showing part of E hall.Interior, of main G.N. house showing equipment on first floor.Interior, of main G.N. house showing mezzanine floor equipment.Interior, of main G.N. house view across hall from seond floor.Interior, of main G.N. house showing W hall.View from S of spent acid block.Interior the bakery, Bishopton Royal Ordnance FactoryInterior Laundry pressing and despatchInterior. Training Centre classroom.Interior. Nitrometer room.View from SSE of main laboratory.View from ESE of BWD timber stores.View from SE of BWD timber (corrugated iron) store.View from E of the surviving portion of Ditch farmstead, now part of the BWD stores complex.Interior of main administration dining and cafeteria block.Detail of Royal Ordnance crest on front of main administration block.View from SW of 'Bolerno' house.Interior, recrystallising filtration and drying shed showing drying hubs.View from S of power house.Detail of narrow gauge railway pointwork.Interior view of narrow gauge railway locomotive workshop.Interior view of machine shop.View from SE of recrystallisation, filtration and drying block.View from NNW of the shell remains of the main G.N. house.Interior, of main G.N. house showing 2nd floor equipment.Interior, of main G.N. house showing first floor equipment from second floor.Interior, detail in main G.N. house showing switchgear equipment with gauges.View from ENE of coal fired power station showing overhead conveyor belt housing.View from SSW of spent acid block.View from NNW of Ingleston farmstead farmhouse.Oblique aerial view centred on the central section of the explosives factory, taken from the E.

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Renfrewshire
  • Parish Erskine
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Renfrew
  • Former County Renfrewshire

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NS47SW 149.01 centred 43583 70414

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