Nobel Explosives Pipe Drawing
A diagram of a pipe fitting from the testing labs at Nobel Explosives, Ayrshire, from 1913.
Category: Explosives
ICI Detonator Tin
A tin which contained ICI electrical explosive detonators.
Nitroglycerine Nitration Stop Sign
A sign from the Biazzi continuous nitration nitroglycerine plant at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Bishopton.
Nobel Explosives Letter Opener
A letter opener from ICI Nobel Explosives, engraved Special Propulsive Section 1953, in the shape of a hydraulic cordite press.
Brass Detonator Tool
A brass poking tool, used to make a hole in dynamite for a detonator, marked ICI.
Perspex Detonator Test Block
A Perspex cube shattered by an electrical explosive detonator, to study shock wave patterns. From the testing labs at Nobel Explosives, Ardeer.
Dummy Plaster Gelignite Packet
A dummy demonstration packet of Plaster Gelignite from Nobel’s Explosives, Ayrshire, made from clay. Printing very faint, enhanced below.
ICI Hard Hat
A plastic hard hat from ICI Nobel Explosives, Ardeer.
Danger Firing In Progress Sign
An engraved plastic sign from the testing laboratories at Nobel’s Explosives, Ardeer.
Power Cable Explosive Sample
A sample from Nobel’s Explosives, of an underwater electrical power cable, cut by shaped-charge explosive.
SFF Georgetown Pay Tokens
Three pay tokens from the WWI Scottish Filling Factory at Georgetown, near Erskine.