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Detail of Floatation Vat No.4, in which Calcium Alginate pulp is allowed to float on the surface of the vessel and swept off by rotating paddles, after which it passes through the dejuicer
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Leaching Area: Detailed view of Con Vat No.3, and back of Dejuicer No.2
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Aerial view of Barcaldine Alginate Works looking to the South West. Distant view of the Creran Moorings Marina and the Sand and Gravel Quarry operated by J&A Gardner, also the mouth of Loch Creran and the Firth of Lorne and the sea beyond.
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Detail of Conversion Vat No.6 (oblique view)
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View from SW of northern part of works,including Boiler House, comprising buildings dating from the establishment of the factory by the Ministry of Supply during World War Two (early 1940s)
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View from SSW of SW end of works, containing weed stores (left), and settling tanks (right)
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Dam (NM 97 42) general view of Dam and reservoir from S
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Dam (NM 97 42) supplying water to works: Detailed view of entrance to spillway from W, with Jim Mackie (RCAHMS Photographer) in foreground
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General view of works from NE
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View from E of ancillary buildings on N side of plant, with Quality Control Laboratory in foreground
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General view from E of Stem Mill, which comprises shaking conveyors which shake off sand and shells (left), and primary and secondary mills (centre and right)
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View from NE of Mature Tanks, in which milled weed matures at approximately 80 degrees C for 3-4 hours, after first being mixed with hot water and alkali. There are ten operational welded-steel cylindrical tanks, the output of which is sodium alginate paste
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View of three of six Sodium Alginate drum driers, with feed hoppers in foreground. The Sodium Alginate is milled after leaving the hopper, and is then blown into the revolving drum driers, which are supplied with steam-heated hot air
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View of entrance to spillway from W, dam supplying water to works, Alginate Works, Barcaldine.
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General view of works from WNW
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Leaching Area: Detailed view of Dejuicer No.1
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Dam (NM 97 42) general view of Dam and reservoir from S
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Dam (NM 97 42) supplying water to works: Detailed view of entrance to spillway from WNW, with Jim Mackie (RCAHMS Photographer) in foreground
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Detailed view of dejuicer for Floatation Vat No.5
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Oblique aerial view centred on the works with the pier adjacent, taken from the NW.
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General view from NE of Settling Vats, with Continuous Process Vats (with stirrers) in foreground (28/3/96)
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View from SW of part of a row of nine Dough Mixers, manufactured by the Morton Machine Co Ltd of Wishaw, Scotland. In this process, the Alginic Acid is mixed with Sodium Carbonate to produce Sodium Alginate Dough in 400 kg batches
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Detailed view of empty Slurry Vat
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View of two of the three Stord Bartz Presses, used to increase the solids content of the Alginic Acid from 10 to 30%
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