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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 60212 View of PETN nitratorsat top level of plant 28/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 60213 View of Acetone Recovery Vessel (left), Acetone Condenser (centre) and Dissolver (right), all on top levels of plant 27/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 60214 View of three Garnulators, on middle level of plant 27/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 60215 View of two PETN Nitrators, feeding diverter, from which pipes lead either to the Nitration Filter or (right), to the drowning tank if there is a problem withthe batch 27/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 60216 View of product filter (above, fed from Granulators above that) and Distributor (below), from which bags or drums are filled with PETN. This constitutes the bottom level of the plant 27/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 60217 View at ground floor level of plant showing transfer mechanism, known as 'Hector', used to move 'baskets' can be seen on the right side of the Central Hoist. A basket washing machine is situated elsewhere at this level of the plant 27/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 60218 View of typical fibre-board drums used to package PETN for export 27/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 60219 Detail of stainless steel gutters carrying waste away from the plant to the effluent plant nearby 27/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 60221 Exterior view of PETN plant (building No. TA12), with ancillary buildings (left) housing the Control Room, compressed air and hydraulic plant 27/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 60222 CN Exterior view of PETN plant (building No. TA12), with ancillary buildings (left) housing the Control Room, compressed air and hydraulic plant 27/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 60223 Exterior general view of PETN plant (building No. TA12), which appears to have been built on the site of GZ2, the second of four incorporating mill ranges in the Blackpowder Plant 27/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 60224 CN Exterior general view of PETN plant (building No. TA12), which appears to have been built on the site of GZ2, the second of four incorporating mill ranges in the Blackpowder Plant 27/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 55409 RCAHMS Aerial Photography Ardeer, Nobel's Explosives Factory, oblique aerial view of PETN plant 4/9/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 55411 RCAHMS Aerial Photography Ardeer, Nobel's Explosives Factory, oblique aerial view, centred on the Misk Gelatine works. 4/9/1995 Item Level
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the plant, taken from the NNE. On-line Digital Images DP 040254 RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the plant, taken from the NNE. 18/3/2008 Item Level
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the plant, taken from the NE. On-line Digital Images DP 040255 RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the plant, taken from the NE. 18/3/2008 Item Level
Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) Works, Ardeer.  Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east. On-line Digital Images SC 1268562 Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) Works, Ardeer. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east. 29/6/1947 Item Level
View of PETN nitratorsat top level of plant On-line Digital Images SC 1336282 View of PETN nitratorsat top level of plant 28/8/1995 Item Level
View of Acetone Recovery Vessel (left), Acetone Condenser (centre) and Dissolver (right), all on top levels of plant, Pentaerythrite Tetranite Plant, ICI Works, Ardeer. On-line Digital Images SC 1336283 View of Acetone Recovery Vessel (left), Acetone Condenser (centre) and Dissolver (right), all on top levels of plant, Pentaerythrite Tetranite Plant, ICI Works, Ardeer. 27/8/1995 Item Level
View of three Garnulators, on middle level of plant On-line Digital Images SC 1336284 View of three Garnulators, on middle level of plant 27/8/1995 Item Level
View of two PETN Nitrators, feeding diverter, from which pipes lead either to the Nitration Filter or (right), to the drowning tank if there is a problem withthe batch	On-line Digital Images SC 1336285 View of two PETN Nitrators, feeding diverter, from which pipes lead either to the Nitration Filter or (right), to the drowning tank if there is a problem withthe batch 27/8/1995 Item Level
View of product filter (above, fed from Granulators above that) and Distributor (below), from which bags or drums are filled with PETN. This constitutes the bottom level of the plant On-line Digital Images SC 1336286 View of product filter (above, fed from Granulators above that) and Distributor (below), from which bags or drums are filled with PETN. This constitutes the bottom level of the plant 27/8/1995 Item Level
View at ground floor level of plant showing transfer mechanism, known as 'Hector', used to move 'baskets' can be seen on the right side of the Central Hoist. A basket washing machine is situated elsewhere at this level of the plant On-line Digital Images SC 1336287 View at ground floor level of plant showing transfer mechanism, known as 'Hector', used to move 'baskets' can be seen on the right side of the Central Hoist. A basket washing machine is situated elsewhere at this level of the plant 27/8/1995 Item Level
Detail of stainless steel gutters carrying waste away from the plant to the effluent plant nearby On-line Digital Images SC 1336288 Detail of stainless steel gutters carrying waste away from the plant to the effluent plant nearby 27/8/1995 Item Level