Dartford: Manufacturing

Date:
c.1920-c1980
Reference:
WF/M/I/PR/D10
Part of:
Wellcome Foundation Ltd
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Description

Manufacturing images have been sorted into decades; pre 1920's, c. 1920's/30's; c. 1950's; 1960's;c.1970's. c.1970's incorporates Building 360, 310, 119? with Alan Greenwood. Manufacturing 1960's includes Bldg 150, Biological filling preparation area; CMD finishing area; Plant lab.116, 1963; monitoring the production of emetine ,1968; equipment in glassware for manufacture of emetine. Manufacturing 1950/1960's, need identification, includes images from the Digoxin Lab. Bldg 159. Manufacturing c. 1950's; includes early chemical manufacture, interiors of CMD Bldg. 117, 1957; Cannon plant in Bldg 119, 1951; Centrifuges Bldg, 116 and 100, 1952; Hydnocarpus Oil clarification apparatus, 1950; Drying Stills; interior of bldg 102 and 150. Manufacturing c. 1920's/30's various images of the chemical works at Dartford including; illustration of separator and extractor used in manufacturing 'Alepol', 1932; steam pan; filter press; water bath evaporator; part of Pharmaceutical House, Bldg 118, 1928; a Desiccator. Pre-1920's; various interior images of the chemical works including the main switchboard; a storage room, and employees sitting at desks in an open plan office. Colour photographs and negatives of E type Tabletting Machine, designed and constructed in Dartford about 1920. Black and white images, Bacteriology Dept. Liquid Production Area images; rota press; Tabloid MR3 machine, 1953. CMD includes Ken Whiteley at Bldg 159; Martin Bell CMD. Talbetting Machine, compressing/mixing machine images include a U type tabletting machine, image of tablet compressing in bldg. 29.

Publication/Creation

c.1920-c1980

Physical description

3 Items

Arrangement

Manufacturing by decade, otherwise by subject

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Copyright assigned to the Wellcome Trust

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