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Image Not Available for View of Acid Storage Tanks Showing Fractured Pipe, Cause of Acid Leak, which Threatened Nearby Children
View of Acid Storage Tanks Showing Fractured Pipe, Cause of Acid Leak, which Threatened Nearby Children
Image Not Available for View of Acid Storage Tanks Showing Fractured Pipe, Cause of Acid Leak, which Threatened Nearby Children

View of Acid Storage Tanks Showing Fractured Pipe, Cause of Acid Leak, which Threatened Nearby Children

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Associated (Aberdeen, Scotland, founded 1848)
Photographer (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1915 - 1982)
Date1960s?
Object NamePhotograph
MediumPaper
ClassificationsChemicals and Gas
Dimensions16.1 x 21.1cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2005 by Mrs M Keay.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS074212.1
About MeIn 1848 George Miller of Glasgow leased land adjacent to the gasworks. His purpose was to process the by-products of coal gas manufacture. Ammoniac water was the product he sought. This he intended to turn a fertiliser that could be sold to local farmers. In this way the coal gas industry provided the backbone for a chemical industry. Miller's Sandilands Chemical Works, known locally as "stinky Miller's", went on to manufacture a range of products for North East agriculture. In 1928 it became part of Scottish Agricultural Industries.

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