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ROF Bishopton

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The Royal Ordnance Factory was a WW2 Ministry of Supply Explosive Factory. [1]

46 relations: Almond Valley Light Railway, Amberley Museum Railway, Ammunition, Armoured fighting vehicle, Arms industry, BAE Systems, Batch production, Bishopton railway station, Bishopton, Renfrewshire, British Aerospace, British Army, Caledonian Railway, Compulsory purchase order, Cordite, Denel, English Heritage, Explosive ROF, Georgetown railway station (Scotland), Inverclyde Line, Linwood, Renfrewshire, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Microclimate, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence Police, Ministry of Labour (United Kingdom), Ministry of Supply, Ministry of Works (United Kingdom), Narrow-gauge railway, National Filling Factory, Georgetown, Nitration, Nitrocellulose, Nitroglycerin, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Prefabricated home, RDX, Redrow plc, Renfrewshire, River Gryfe, ROF Ranskill, Royal Air Force, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Royal Navy, Standard-gauge railway, World War I, World War II, Wrexham Industrial Estate.

Almond Valley Light Railway

The Almond Valley Light Railway is a narrow gauge heritage railway running at the Almond Valley Heritage Trust site at Livingston, Scotland.

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Amberley Museum Railway

The Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre Railway is a narrow gauge railway based at the Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre, Amberley, West Sussex.

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Ammunition

Ammunition (informally ammo) is the material fired, scattered, dropped or detonated from any weapon.

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Armoured fighting vehicle

An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is an armed combat vehicle protected by armour, generally combining operational mobility with offensive and defensive capabilities.

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Arms industry

The arms industry, also known as the defense industry or the arms trade, is a global industry responsible for the manufacturing and sales of weapons and military technology.

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BAE Systems

BAE Systems plc is a British multinational defence, security, and aerospace company.

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Batch production

Batch production is a technique used in manufacturing, in which the object in question is created stage by stage over a series of workstations, and different batches of products are made.

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Bishopton railway station

Bishopton railway station serves the village of Bishopton in Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Bishopton, Renfrewshire

Bishopton (Bishoptoun or Beeshoptoun; Baile an Easbaig) is a village in Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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British Aerospace

British Aerospace plc (BAe) was a British aircraft, munitions and defence-systems manufacturer.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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Caledonian Railway

The Caledonian Railway (CR) was a major Scottish railway company.

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Compulsory purchase order

A compulsory purchase order (CPO) is a legal function in the United Kingdom and Ireland that allows certain bodies which need to obtain land or property to do so without the consent of the owner.

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Cordite

* Cordite is a family of smokeless propellants developed and produced in the United Kingdom since 1889 to replace gunpowder as a military propellant.

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Denel

Denel SOC Ltd is a South African state-owned aerospace and military technology conglomerate established in 1991.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a registered charity that manages the National Heritage Collection.

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Explosive ROF

An Explosive ROF was a UK Government-owned Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), which specialised in manufacturing explosives during and after World War II.

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Georgetown railway station (Scotland)

Georgetown railway station was a railway station serving the village of Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland, originally as part of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway and later owned by the Caledonian Railway.

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Inverclyde Line

The Inverclyde Line is a railway line running from Glasgow Central station through Paisley (Gilmour Street) and a series of stations to the south of the River Clyde and the Firth of Clyde, terminating at Gourock and Wemyss Bay, where it connects to Caledonian MacBrayne ferry services.

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Linwood, Renfrewshire

Linwood (Linwid) is a small town in Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland, west of Glasgow.

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London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS)It has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR.

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Microclimate

A microclimate is a local set of atmospheric conditions that differ from those in the surrounding areas, often with a slight difference but sometimes with a substantial one.

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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence (MoD or MOD) is the British government department responsible for implementing the defence policy set by Her Majesty's Government and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces.

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Ministry of Defence Police

The Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) is a civilian special police force which is part of the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence.

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Ministry of Labour (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Labour was a British government department established by the New Ministries and Secretaries Act 1916.

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Ministry of Supply

The Ministry of Supply (MoS) was a department of the UK Government formed in 1939 to co-ordinate the supply of equipment to all three British armed forces, headed by the Minister of Supply.

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Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Works was a department of the UK Government formed in 1943, during World War II, to organise the requisitioning of property for wartime use.

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Narrow-gauge railway

A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than the standard.

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National Filling Factory, Georgetown

The National Filling Factory, Georgetown, was a First World War munitions factory situated near Houston in Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Nitration

Nitration is a general class of chemical process for the introduction of a nitro group into an organic chemical compound.

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Nitrocellulose

Nitrocellulose (also known as cellulose nitrate, flash paper, flash cotton, guncotton, and flash string) is a highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through exposure to nitric acid or another powerful nitrating agent.

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Nitroglycerin

Nitroglycerin (NG), also known as nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin (TNG), trinitroglycerine, nitro, glyceryl trinitrate (GTN), or 1,2,3-trinitroxypropane, is a heavy, colorless, oily, explosive liquid most commonly produced by nitrating glycerol with white fuming nitric acid under conditions appropriate to the formation of the nitric acid ester.

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Paisley, Renfrewshire

Paisley (Pàislig, Paisley) is the largest town in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland and serves as the administrative centre for the Renfrewshire council area.

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Prefabricated home

Prefabricated homes, often referred to as prefab homes or simply prefabs, are specialist dwelling types of prefabricated building, which are manufactured off-site in advance, usually in standard sections that can be easily shipped and assembled.

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RDX

RDX is the organic compound with the formula (O2NNCH2)3.

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Redrow plc

Redrow plc is one of the largest British housebuilders with a network of 14 operational divisions across the UK.

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Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire (Siorrachd Rinn Friù, Renfrewshire) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland.

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River Gryfe

The River Gryfe (or Gryffe) is a river and tributary of the Black Cart Water, running through the County of Renfrew in the west of Scotland.

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ROF Ranskill

The Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) Ranskill was a United Kingdom Ministry of Supply, World War II, Explosive ROF.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.

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Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME; pronounced phonetically as "Reemee" with stress on the first syllable) is a corps of the British Army that maintains the equipment that the Army uses.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Wrexham Industrial Estate

Wrexham Industrial Estate is a well defined industrial area in Wrexham.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROF_Bishopton

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