Nobel's Explosives Works, Linlithgow

Maker
Reliable Series
Production date
Circa 1908
 Description
The Works is built in red brick with a multi-arched Italian piazza style façade, a two storey building and chimney. The Whitten fountain and two horse-drawn carts are in front, between the Low Port leading to Blackness and the East High Port to Edinburgh.
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Maker
Production date
Circa 1908
Subject person
Subject place
Nobels Explosives Works/Linlithgow/West Lothian
Subject notes
The Regent Works was located next to the railway station for the receipt of raw materials and dispatch of finished goods. Road transport was used for short distances only. Nobel's main operation was at Ardeer, Ayrshire, and there was another factory at Westquarter.

The factory was opened on 16 September 1902. It manufactured safety fuses but switched to explosives during the First and Second World Wars, despite its location in the heart of the town, opposite Linlithgow Academy.
Accession number
P15543

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