Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 1466 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Northern Sabulite Explosives Company, Tuthill Quarry, near Haswell
Covering Dates: 1943-1968
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Catalogue Description
Records given:15 December 2004 Acc: 3093(D)
The Sabulite Factory was situated at the former Tuthill Quarry, near Haswell. The quarry had been worked for limestone by Pease & Partners Ltd. until 1921. It was taken over in 1923 for the establishment of a sabulite factory by The Northern Sabulite Explosives Co., Ltd. The factory was known initially as the Tuthill Works. It made explosives for coal mining. This firm was acquired by Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., which operated the works under the title of I.C.I. (Explosives) Ltd., from at least 1943. During the Second World War, smoke bombs and practice grenades were manufactured. Explosives production ceased in 1961 and the site was re-developed by I.C.I. as a storage and distribution centre. The site was purchased by Sludge Disposals, Ltd., in October 1968.
Catalogue Contents
Records of the Sabulite Factory (Ref: D/X1466/1-3)Ref: D/X1466/1
Copy plan 'Shewing Position of Factory Buildings I.C.I. (Explosives) Ltd., Sabulite Factory', 4 June 1943
Scale: 1:1250
Attached: copy 'Plan showing New Storage Magazines at Haswell Factory', n.d.
Scale: 1:2500
(1 plan, 82 cm. x 69 cm., duplicated; 1 plan, 20.5 cm. x 33 cm., duplicated)
Ref: D/X1466/2Copy sale catalogue for 'Haswell Depot County Durham', issued by Kenneth Ryden & Partners, auctioneers and estate agents, 71 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, n.d., [31 October 1966]
Includes: plan of area for sale, c. 1966; diagrammatic plan of 'Haswell Depot in Relation to Major Population Centres', n.d., c.1966
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/X1466/3Correspondence between Tuthill Development Limited, Royal Dockyard Wharf, 51 Woolwich Church Street, Woolwich, London; Gerald Eve & Co., 18 and 19 Savile Row, London; National Coal Board, Green Lane, Spennymoor; concerning tenancies, the history of the site, and the use of railway sidings there, 31 January - 2 May 1968
(7 papers)
