Nobel's Explosives Co Ltd, explosives and chemical manufacturers

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Alternative name(s):	British Dynamite Co Ltd (Formerly known as) Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd, Nobel Division (Later known as)
Date:	1860-2000
Places:	Ardeer, Ayrshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Chemicals > Explosives \| Chemicals > Chemicals and gases
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C96470 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B2081 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1860-1963: records, mainly financial and production	Glasgow University Archive Services	UGD/089
2	1877-1989: letter books, ledgers, balance sheets, corresp, laboratory reports, photographs etc	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRA(S)3102	NRA 25431 Nobel's See Morris & Russell, Archives of the British Chemical Industry 1750-1914,
3	c1880-1970: records incl accounts, promotional material and photographs	Ayrshire Archives	Accession 1055	See Annual Return 2004
4	20th cent: additional records	Ayrshire Archives		See Annual Return 2009
5	1912-1981: manufacturing method books, specifications rtc	Glasgow City Archives	TD1192	NRA 12501 Glasgow misc
6	1939-1941: ICI Nobel Division order books of Dumfries factory	Dumfries and Galloway Archives	GG1	See Holding Guide and Source List, p33