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Image Not Available for Home Guard Ammunition Store Sandilands Chemical Works
Home Guard Ammunition Store Sandilands Chemical Works
Image Not Available for Home Guard Ammunition Store Sandilands Chemical Works

Home Guard Ammunition Store Sandilands Chemical Works

Associated
Associated (Aberdeen, Scotland, founded 1848)
Date1940s
Object NamePhotograph
MediumPaper
ClassificationsChemicals and Gas
Dimensions15.5 x 20.6cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2005 by Mrs M Keay.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS074322
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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