Report - ROF Bishopton Part Two, Scotland..January 2025

[Mikeymutt]

Cracking part 2. Really cool explore. Love the control panel, ammo boxes and of course the chimneys on that house. Well worth a part 2

Thank you. Yeah definitely worth going back. This visit was so much better, nicer weather, more buildings. I thought you might like the chimneys.

 

[Mikeymutt]

I was there for an official visit around 1990. A lot of the older buildings were disused even then - particularly those relating to the batch production of NG and the cordite rolling houses. I think that control room you showed may have been for the Biazzi continuous NG production plant. I remember the director telling me it was not uncommon for hard drinkers to down a large quantity of scotch just before leaving the railway station, so they could clock in before the stuff took effect... There was a pond for collecting NG waste water. Apparently it was regularly dynamited to deal with any NG which had accumulated at the bottom.

Oh that is a long time ago. I can imagine they wound a lot of the site down over the years as less was needed. Interesting about the control room thank you. I can quite believe that about the drinking, I bet loads of stuff went on what should not be e done 😁