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fonds1916-1918Fonds 1583167 descriptions inside167 digitized
Fonds consists of an album of photographs documenting the Gooderham & Worts Limited facilities between 1916 and 1918 when British Acetones Toronto Ltd. was operating the plant to produce acetone for the British Government's war effort. The photographs document the exterior and the interior of variou…
166 descriptions directly inside
- Bacteriological laboratory: showing in the foreground Mr. F.H. Carter, who had charge of the Terre Haute Plant, and Mr. Speakman, at the microscope, who had charge of this plantitem November 30, 1916Digitized
- Bacteriological laboratory: cooling room showing sterilizers and incubatorsitem November 30, 1916Digitized
- Showing bacteria in different stages of growthitem November 30, 1916Digitized
- Chemical laboratoryitem November 30, 1916Digitized
- Fermentation room: showing fermenting tanks with gas drums as originally installeditem November 30, 1916Digitized
- Original beer still and tale boxitem November 30, 1916Digitized
- Rectifying columns, condensers, tale boxes, and gauging vessels in Acetone Redistillation Departmentitem November 30, 1916Digitized
- Shipping room: showing consignment ready to be shippeditem November 30, 1916Digitized
- Shipping room: showing the ends of the drumitem November 30, 1916Digitized
- Original staff of British Acetones: (from left to right) Mr. McLaughlin, Assistant Construction Engineer; Captain A.E. Gooderham, Assistant General Manager; Mr. J. Leys Gooderham, Assistant Chemist; Mr. E. Metcalfe Shaw, Chief Engineer; Mr. H.B. Speakman, Bacteriologist; Col. A.E. Gooderham, General Manager; Mr. J.W. Hayward, Constructing Engineer; Mr. D. Alliston Legg, Chemistitem November 30, 1916Digitized
- Fractured extension electric light, which caused a slight explosion in the plantitem November 30, 1916Digitized
- Improved cooler designed by Mr. E.M. Shawitem April 16, 1917Digitized
- Improved cooler designed by Mr. E.M. Shawitem April 16, 1917Digitized
- Improved cooler designed by Mr. E.M. Shawitem April 16, 1917Digitized
- Original cooleritem July 17, 1917Digitized
- Original cooleritem July 17, 1917Digitized
- Original cooleritem July 17, 1917Digitized
- Fermenting roomitem July 17, 1917Digitized
- Fermenting room, showing fittings on fermentersitem July 17, 1917Digitized
- Cookers and seed tanks, with innoculator room in the distanceitem July 17, 1917Digitized
- Fermenting room, looking eastitem July 17, 1917Digitized
- Acid concentrators under constructionitem January 25, 1918Digitized
- Acid concentrators under constructionitem January 25, 1918Digitized
- The catalyseritem 1918Digitized
- Catalyser heaters under constructionitem 1918Digitized
- Switch house, showing barrell rheostatsitem 1918Digitized
- Switch house showing barrel rheostatsitem 1918Digitized
- Culture vessels with all connectionsitem 1918Digitized
- General view of seed tank roomitem 1918Digitized
- Experimental M.E.K. plantitem 1918Digitized
- Experimental M.E.K. plant, showing catalysersitem 1918Digitized
- Acid concentrators under constructionitem Feb. 1918Digitized
- Acid concentrators under constructionitem 1918Digitized
- Construction staff of acid concentratorsitem 1918Digitized
- Transformers on car which had been in a collisionitem 1918Digitized
- Transformers on a car which had been in a collisionitem 1918Digitized
- Transformers on a car which had been in a collisionitem 1918Digitized
- Variable feed pump for catalyseritem [between 1916 and 1918]Digitized
- Temporary experimental catalyser connections to facilitate obtaining of experimental dataitem [between 1916 and 1918]Digitized
- Temporary butylene compressor and separating equipmentitem [between 1916 and 1918]Digitized
- Temporary butylene compressor in the foreground, with butylene storage tanks on the first floor, and the sulphating mixer on the ground flooritem [between 1916 and 1918]Digitized
- Coolers (same principal as shown in photographs 12, 13, 14)item [between 1916 and 1918]Digitized
- Stairs leading to top of concentratorsitem [between 1916 and 1918]Digitized
- Oil burner on concentratoritem [between 1916 and 1918]Digitized
- The cooling boxes for acid passing from concentrator to storage tankitem [between 1916 and 1918]Digitized
- Motor and fan for exhausting vapours from acid concentratorsitem [between 1916 and 1918Digitized
- Feed tank and measuring box for concentratorsitem [between 1916 and 1918]Digitized
- Foundations of acid concentratorsitem [between 1916 and 1918]Digitized