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Ardeer, Ici Works, Nobel's Explosives, Nitro-glycerine Hill No. 2

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General interior view from E of Ammonia Cooling Plant House (right, AJ1, NS 2867 3991) and Glycerine Storage building (left, AJ2, NS 2868 3991)
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Detailed view inside building AC2, a Nitroglycerine [NG] separation and storage house, showing three NG lead tanks, and lead sink on far wall
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Exterior view of Labyrinth House AD5 (NS 2881 3978)
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Elevated exterior view of Labyrinth House AD5 (NS 2881 3978)
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Detail of No. 10 Nitroglycerine wet-paste drying bogey
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Detailed view of typical distribution bogeys, used to transfer materials around the site on narrow-gauge railway (and hauled by small diesel locomotive)
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Exterior view of AC2 'C' house (NG separation and storage house),from NE surrounded by Chilworth Mound, with lightning conductor (right)
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Interior view of covered gangway connecting AC2 (Nitroglycerine separation and storage house, NS 2868 3991) with Nitrocellulose/ Nitroglycerine Mixing House (PZ1, NS 2885 3984) also showing wooden guide rails for NG bogeys
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Exterior view from N of mixing house PZ1, (a Nitroglycerine/ Nitrocellulose Mixing House (NS 2885 3984)), showing tramway leading into covered loading bay
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General view from NE up Nitroglycerine [NG] Hill No.2, with acid storage tanks (AJ3, left, NS 2871 3990) and Glycerine Storage building AJ2 (right, NS 2868 3991). Brick building halfway up slope is Light Sodium Carbonate building (AJ5) used to neutralise NG
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Detail of Nitroglycerine guttering leading down from No. 1 Nitroglycerine Unit on Hill No. 2 to 'C' House AC2 (NS 2876 3983)
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Photographic copy of General and Acids Department, general view from top no. 2 Nitor-glycerine Hill looking SE
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General exterior view from E of Ammonia Cooling Plant House (right, AJ1, NS 2867 3991) and Glycerine Storage building (left, AJ2, NS 2868 3991)
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Exterior view from S at upper level of AC2 (NS 2876 3983), showing gangway and lead-lined trough approaching building through gap in reinforced baffle wall (Chilworth Mound)
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Elevated general view from SW looking towards 'C' house AC2 (NS 2876 3983), showing a landscape dominated by Chilworth Mounds, lightning conductors, gutters and pipework
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Interior view within building PZ1, (a Nitroglycerine/ Nitrocellulose Mixing House (NS 2885 3984)), showing mixing vessel used to mix NG and NC with blackboard (right) used to record details of batches of wet mixed pastes
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Exterior view from N of mixing house PZ1, (a Nitroglycerine/ Nitrocellulose Mixing House (NS 2885 3984)), showing tramway leading into covered loading bay
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Elevated exterior view from SW of mixing house PZ1, (a Nitroglycerine/ Nitrocellulose Mixing House (NS 2885 3984)), showing covered gangway leading from NG separation and storage house, AC2 (NS 2876 3983)
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Detail of AY48 'Interrupter House' (structure through which NG guttering passed where flow of NG could be stopped or interrupted in an emergency) ( (NS 2872 3983), between No. 1 Nitroglycerine Unit on Hill No. 2 to 'C' House AC2 (NS 2876 3983)
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View of AV24, a plumbers' workshop situated on path between 'C' House AC2 (NS 2876 3983) and Labyrinth House AD5 (NS 2881 3978)
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Detail in Labyrinth House AD5 (NS 2881 3978) showing a traditional Nitroglycerine rubber bucket
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Detail of example of Nitroglycerine sample box, with soft-lined compartments for the safe transport of Nitroglycerine samples throughout the site
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General view from NE looking up Nitro-Glycerine Hill No.2
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Interior view in building No. AY37, showing Notroglycerine plant control panel (second panel to right removed)
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