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British Acetones Toronto Limited fonds · 1916-1918
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Held by
City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives
Creator
British Acetones Toronto
Dates
1916-1918 (indexed as 1916–1918)
Level
fonds
Extent
166 photographs : b&w
Scope & content
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 various sections of the plant, as well as the employees, the equipment, and aspects of the manufacturing process. The 166 photographs in this fonds are numbered 1 to 169. Photographs number 28, 31, and 32 are missing.
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 plant
Bacteriological laboratory: cooling room showing sterilizers and incubators
Showing bacteria in different stages of growth
Chemical laboratory
Fermentation room: showing fermenting tanks with gas drums as originally installed
Original beer still and tale box
Rectifying columns, condensers, tale boxes, and gauging vessels in Acetone Redistillation Department
Shipping room: showing consignment ready to be shipped
Shipping room: showing the ends of the drum
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, Chemist
Fractured extension electric light, which caused a slight explosion in the plant
Improved cooler designed by Mr. E.M. Shaw
Improved cooler designed by Mr. E.M. Shaw
Improved cooler designed by Mr. E.M. Shaw
Original cooler
Original cooler
Original cooler
Fermenting room
Fermenting room, showing fittings on fermenters
Cookers and seed tanks, with innoculator room in the distance
Fermenting room, looking east
Acid concentrators under construction
Acid concentrators under construction
The catalyser
Catalyser heaters under construction
Switch house, showing barrell rheostats
Switch house showing barrel rheostats
Culture vessels with all connections
General view of seed tank room
Experimental M.E.K. plant
Experimental M.E.K. plant, showing catalysers
Acid concentrators under construction
Acid concentrators under construction
Construction staff of acid concentrators
Transformers on car which had been in a collision
Transformers on a car which had been in a collision
Transformers on a car which had been in a collision
Variable feed pump for catalyser
Temporary experimental catalyser connections to facilitate obtaining of experimental data
Temporary butylene compressor and separating equipment
Temporary butylene compressor in the foreground, with butylene storage tanks on the first floor, and the sulphating mixer on the ground floor
Coolers (same principal as shown in photographs 12, 13, 14)
Stairs leading to top of concentrators
Oil burner on concentrator
The cooling boxes for acid passing from concentrator to storage tank
Motor and fan for exhausting vapours from acid concentrators
Feed tank and measuring box for concentrators
Foundations of acid concentrators