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Low Moor Chemical Company
Hob Uid: 1076558
Location : Bradford Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SE1600028000
Summary : Late nineteenth century Explosives Factory, described as an important supplier of picric acid to the explosives industry during the Great War.
More information : SE 16 28. The Low Moor Chemical Company was established in the late nineteenth century and was an important supplier of picric acid to the explosives industry. Picric acid when used as a high explosive shell filling is known as lyddite. It was listed as an important supplier of picric acid during the Great War. (1-1a)

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Source details : Wayne D Cocroft/06-MAR-1997/RCHME: Dangerous Energy Project
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Source Number : 1a
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Source details : Public Record Office, MUN5/159/1122.7/28, List of factories, etc at which explosives are manufactured or stored (3)
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Built late 19th century
Monument End Date : 1899
Monument Start Date : 1867
Monument Type : Explosives Factory
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : First World War usage
Monument End Date : 1918
Monument Start Date : 1914
Monument Type : Explosives Factory
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Number : SE 12 NE 67
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1994-04-01
End Date : 1997-03-01

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Low Moor Chemical Company