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SC 455014 Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Greenock, Westburn Refinery
View from N
3/9/1975
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SC 455017 Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Greenock, Westburn Refinery
View of W end of complex from Lynedoch Road, from N
3/9/1975
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SC 455018 Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Greenock, Westburn Refinery
View of buildings to S of Drumfrochar Road, from W
3/9/1975
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SC 455020 Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Greenock, Westburn Refinery
View of W end of S block ,from W
3/9/1975
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SC 505330 Greenock, 150 Lynedoch Road, Westburn Refinery, oblique aerial view, taken from the E.
4/9/1995
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SC 684222 General view from NE.
Digital image of A 61959
4/6/1987
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SC 684818 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
General view from W of W end of works, showing (R to L) East Warehouse (building no. 25, NS2784 7540), Bulk Gran Tanker Loading facility (building no. 23, NS2783 7542), Gatehouse (building no. 4, NS2782 7544), West Gangway (building no. 27, over Drumfrochar Road NS2783 7545), and Filling, Packing & Despatch (building no.30, far left, NS2786 7547)
4/8/1997
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SC 1494609 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Interior view of of the raw sugar intake Top Steel Band, which fed the raw sugar from the lorries supplying the Refinery, feeding into Raw Sugar Storage Bins (T&L No.: 21175/11)
15/12/1997
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SC 1494610 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Interior view of the Bottom Steel Band which reclaimed sugar from the storage bins to supply the Affination Station (T&L No.: 21178/1 )
15/12/1997
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SC 1494611 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Interior view of The Raw End and Affination Station area, with the Raw Sugar Storage Bins in the background (T&L No.: 21178/9)
15/12/1997
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SC 1494612 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Interior view looking into the Raw End and Affination Station area. The Magma mixers which mised the raw sugar with syrup are shown to the right (T&L No.: 21178/5)
15/12/1997
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SC 1494613 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Interior view of the Affination Centrifugal Machines, showing the motor drives and the Magma Supply Hopper. The machines separated the impurities coating the sugar crystal from the crystal (T&L No.: 21178/7)
15/12/1997
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SC 1494614 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Interior view in the foreground of the Recovery Basement, with the Affination Basement seen in the background. The Basements contained various equipment associated with the main Recovery and Affination Stations (T&L No.: 21177/9)
15/12/1997
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SC 1494615 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Interior view of Carbonation and Recovery Basement, showing the Carbon Dioxide Gas Compressors which supplied the gas for the Carbonation Plant Saturators. The Carbon Dioxide was supplied from the flue gases from the refinery's main boilers (T&L No.: 21177/11)
15/12/1997
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SC 1494616 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Interior view of the Carbonation and Lime Slaking Plant control panels (T&L No.: 21183/11)
15/12/1997
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SC 1494617 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Interior view of the Carbonation Plant Brown Liquor and Lime Mixing Tank where the melted liquor from the Affination Station was mixed with slaked lime (T&L No.: 21183/7)
15/12/1997
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SC 1494618 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Interior view of Carbonation Plant Saturator Vessels through which flowed the limed Brown Liquor, and through which bubbled the gas containing the Carbon Dioxide. The produced a Calcium Carbonate precipitate which removed gums, waxes and colourants from the Brown Liquor (T&L No.: 21183/5)
15/12/1997
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SC 1494619 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Interior view of Autofilter floor from west. Liquor from the Carbonation Saturators was routed to this station to filter out the Calcium Carbonate precipitate (T&L No.: 21176/1 )
15/12/1997
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SC 1494620 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Interior view from east of Autofilters (used to filter out Calcium Carbonate precipitate from the Liquor) (T&L No.: 21176/3)
15/12/1997
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SC 1494621 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Interior view of the Acrylic and Styrene Resin Cells used for further decolourisation of the filtered Brown Liquor. Removal of colourants in this process was by ionic exchange and absorption (T&L No.: 21176/5)
15/12/1997
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SC 1494622 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Interior view of the Recovery Process's Recovery Syrup cast-iron Storage Tanks. The Recovery Process was designed to remove excess sugar produced from the syryp run-off from the Affination Station. The recovered sugar was then returned to the beginning of the process (T&L No.: 21183/3)
15/12/1997
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SC 1494623 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Interior view of cast-iron Recovery Syrup Storage Tanks (T&L No.: 21183/1)
15/12/1997
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SC 1494624 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Interior front view of the Recovery First Crop and Tail Boiling Vacuum Pan. The Vacuum pans were used to re-crystalise the syrups, which produced a crystal syrup mix ready for the Recovery Centrifugal Machines (T&L No.: 21176/11)
15/12/1997
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SC 1494625 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Interior view of the First and Tail Pan Crop Crystalliser drives. The crystal syrup mix was held in Crystallisers over a period of time, cooling continuing the process of re-crystallisation (T&L No.: 21176/7)
15/12/1997
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