Westquarter Explosives Works
Location type
WorksNames and dates
Westquarter Chemical Works (1871-1876)Westquarter Explosives Works (1876-1969)
Description
This chemical works provided sulphuric acid to the Nobel Explosives Factory at Ardeer. It was located on the north bank of the Union Canal. A site on the opposite bank was acquired in 1876, opened in 1878, for detonator manufacturing and the company became part of Nobel. The two parts of the works were joined by a swing bridge, by William Arrol, over the canal.
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FactoryExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
| Nearby stations Polmont Thornbridge Halt Falkirk High Falkirk Grahamston Grangemouth Bowhouse Camelon [1st] Falkirk Camelon [1st] Camelon Blackston Junction Avonbridge Glenellrig Causewayend [MR] [1st] Causewayend [SR] Birkhill | Westquarter Explosives Works [Expansion] Redding Colliery Pit No 23 Polmont Goods Polmont Grain Silo Redding Coke Ovens Laurieston Mineral Depot Polmont Shed Polmont Power Box Polmont Junction Shieldhill Colliery Pit No 1 Shieldhill Colliery Pit No 1 Tourist/other Redding Signal Box Westquarter Dovecot Polmont West Signal Box Callendar House |
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