Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38860 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading: Detail of scales used to weigh charge powders
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38861 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Tube Shop: view of one of three power presses (Machine No3), extruding detonator tube from coils of solid wire, in this case copper. Two other presses were producing aluminium tubes. A fourth machine produces detonator elements from Zinc wire (in background)
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38863 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Tube Shop: view of printing plant, which prints details onto detonator tubes, the caged parts of the machines in the background being driers. The detonator tubes in the front hopper are copper
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38865 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading: "Plating Up", view of shaker machine designed to help operator to fill up plates with empty tubes
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38867 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading: PETN Charger, detail of operator controls, operating charger through protective concrete blast wall in separate compartment
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38866 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading: PETN Charger, view of operator controls, operating charger through protective concrete blast wall in separate compartment
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38876 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading: View of Element Plating Up
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38875 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading: PETN Press, detail of press counterweights
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38874 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading: PETN Press, detail of press
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38873 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading: PETN Press, detail of operator controls
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38872 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading: detail of detonator extracting machine, used to extract safely defective detonators stuck in plate
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38871 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading: PETN Charger, detail of periscope allowing operator using remote controls behind blast wall to view charging table
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38870 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading: PETN Charger, detail of typical "Bole" through which plates of detonators are passed behind blast wall to view charging table
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38869 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading: PETN Charger, detail of charging table
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38884 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading: detail of waste detonator box and tray
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38883 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading: detail of plastic and wooden detonator boxes
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38882 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading: detail of wooden detonator bogey
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38881 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading: detail of rubber-lined bogie with rubber lid, used to transport loaded detonators safely
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38880 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading:Tipping Compartment, detail of chute and tray used to collect detonators tipped out of plates
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38879 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading: detail of Detonator Insertion Press
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38878 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading: Detonator Insertion Press, detail of full plate in position
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38877 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
DF1, Detonator Loading: Detonator Insertion Press, detail of plate carrier, hatch and control panel
1995
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
C 38900 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
View from W of DD1 (Chemical Plant)
1995
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C 38899 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
View from N of rear of DD1 (Chemical Plant), with blast wall, separating reaction processes on near side, and operators on far side. The large grey pipe supplies hot air from heaters in building DV27 (L) and the funnel-shaped vents are part of a Venturi extraction system
1995
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