Records of Kames Gunpowder Co, gunpowder manufacturers, Kilfinnan, Argyll & Bute, Scotland

• Reference:GB 248 UGD 078
• Dates of Creation:1862-1909
• Name of Creator:
  Kames Gunpowder Co (gunpowder manufacturers: 1839-c1876: Kilfinnan, Argyll & Bute, Scotland)
• Physical Description:
  0.03 metres (4 items)
  There are no physical characteristics that affect the use of this material

• Scope and Content

  • Plans 1862-1909

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Kames Gunpowder Co was established in 1839  and had works at Kilfinnan, Argyll & Bute, Scotland. It produced blasting and export powders for the home and export trades. Between 1876 and 1886  the business was acquired by Curtis's & Harvey.

• Arrangement

  This material is arranged chronologically

• Access Information

  Open

• Other Finding Aids

  Digital file level list available in searchroom.

  Manual file level list available at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)1792).

• Alternative Form Available

  No known copies

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  Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the University Archivist

  Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use & condition of documents

• Appraisal Information

  This material has been appraised in line with normal procedures

• Custodial History

  Records deposited with Economic History Department, Glasgow University. Management of the collection transferred to Glasgow University Archives in 1975.

• Accruals

  None expected

• Related Material

  GB 243 T-MS Sederunt book of trust 1872-1880 (Glasgow City Archives)

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• Bibliography

  No known publications using this material

• Additional Information

  This material consists of copies. The location of the originals is unknown

  Compiled by Jenny Cooknell , Assistant Archivist, 24 May 1999

  Title, administrative history, related units of description and associated material elements altered by Jenny Cooknell, Assistant Archivist, 6 September 1999

  Updated by Lesley Richmond , Acting Director, 3 March 2000

  Updated by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 28 February 2002

• Subjects

  Chemical industry

  Dangerous materials

• Corporate Names

  Kames Gunpowder Co 1839 - c1876

• Geographical Names

  Kilfinnan, Argyll & Bute, Scotland