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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1485 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe

Covering Dates: 1941-1945

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Catalogue Description

Records given:

19 April 2005 Acc: 3132(D)

Catalogue Contents

Ref: D/X 1485/1

Album of photographs and plans of the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(1)

Photograph of Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill, and escort, walking along a railway station platform on the commencement of a visit to the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, May 1942

Ref: D/X 1485/1(2)

Photograph of Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill, and escort, leaving a building as a cheering crowd look on, taken during a visit to the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, May 1942

Ref: D/X 1485/1(3)

Photograph of an exterior view of houses at Bickford Terrace, the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(4)

Photograph of an exterior view of houses at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(5)

Plan of the layout of the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, July 1943 Scale: 1:2500

Ref: D/X 1485/1(6)

Plan showing the situation of the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, June 1945 Scale: 1:250,000

Ref: D/X 1485/1(7)

Plan of constabulary quarters at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1941 Scale: 1:96

Ref: D/X 1485/1(8)

Plan of managers' quarters at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, n.d., [ c.1941] Scale: 1:96

Ref: D/X 1485/1(9)

Photograph of a view of Sympasture Station [built to serve the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe] c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(10)

Photograph of a view of workers queuing for buses at the north-east car park, Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(11)

Photograph of a view of a marshalling yard at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(12)

Photograph of a view of Area 10A (Stores), the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(13)

Photograph of an interior view of a 'typical group canteen' at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(14)

Photograph of an interior view of a 'typical building' in Group 7F, the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(15)

Photograph of an interior view of a 'typical building' in Group 7A, the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(16)

Photograph of an interior view of a transit building at Group 7A, the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(17)

Photograph of an exterior view of administration offices at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(18)

Plan of administration offices at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1945 Scale: 1:200

Ref: D/X 1485/1(19)

Plan of police headquarters at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1945 Scale: 1:200

Ref: D/X 1485/1(20)

Plan of a 'typical transit' building at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, n.d., [ c.1943] Scale: 1:200

Ref: D/X 1485/1(21)

Plan of a 'typical building' at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, n.d., [ c.1943] Scale: 1:96

Ref: D/X 1485/1(22)

Photograph of workers in a textile shop at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(23)

Photograph of workers in a laundry at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(24)

Plan showing the layout of machinery in a laundry at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1945 Scale: not stated

Ref: D/X 1485/1(25)

Plan of a textile shop at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1945 Scale: 1:96

Ref: D/X 1485/1(26)

Photograph of an interior view of number 1 boiler house, at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(27)

Photograph of a crane carrying coal into number 1 boiler house, at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(28)

Photograph of an interior view of a pump house at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(29)

Photograph of the sewage works at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c. 1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(30)

Plan of high pressure steam mains at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1944 Scale: 1:2500

Ref: D/X 1485/1(31)

Plan of water treatment plant at number 1 boiler house, the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1942 Scales: 1:25 and 1:2

Ref: D/X 1485/1(32)

Plan showing 'arrangement of 'Neckar' deconcentrator on feed water tanks in number 1 boiler house, the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1943 Scales: 1:50 and 1:25

Ref: D/X 1485/1(33)

Plan showing arrangement of 'continuous blow-down pipes etc.' in number 2 boiler house, the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1943 Scales: 1:96, 1:24 and 1:8

Ref: D/X 1485/1(34)

Plan showing the layout of air mains in the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1944 Scale: 1:2500

Ref: D/X 1485/1(35)

Plan 'showing areas covered by H.T. Ringmain and interconnecting cables' at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1941 Scale: 1:2500

Ref: D/X 1485/1(36)

Diagram of 'Aycliffe G.P.O. telephone system', n.d.

Ref: D/X 1485/1(37)

Plan showing the layout of fire mains at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1941 Scale: 1:2500

Ref: D/X 1485/1(38)

Plan of the sewage works at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1942 Scale: 1:192

Ref: D/X 1485/1(39)

Photograph of vehicles in a motor repair shop at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(40)

Photograph of an exterior view of a machine shop at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(41)

Photograph of an interior view of a joiners' shop at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(42)

Photograph of workers in a machine shop at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(43)

Plan showing the layout of machine shop 10 A17, at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1943 Not to scale

Ref: D/X 1485/1(44)

Plan showing the layout of machinery in structural shop 10 A19, at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1945 Not to scale

Ref: D/X 1485/1(45)

Plan showing the layout of machinery in motor repair shop 10 A15, at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1945 Scale: 1:96

Ref: D/X 1485/1(46)

Plan showing the layout of locomotive shed 10 A18, at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1945 Scale: 1:96

Ref: D/X 1485/1(47)

Plan showing the layout of locomotive shed 10H A12, at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1945 Scale: 1:96

Ref: D/X 1485/1(48)

Plan showing the layout of joiners' shop 10A 13A, at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1945 Scale: 1:96

Ref: D/X 1485/1(49)

Photograph of an interior view of the entertainment hall in canteen 10C 6A, at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(50)

Photograph of an interior view of canteen 10C 6A, at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(51)

Photograph of a motor vehicle parked outside the fire station at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(52)

Photograph of an interior view of the kitchen in canteen 10C 6A, at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, c.1945

Ref: D/X 1485/1(53)

Plan of the central stores at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1945 Scale: 1:192

Ref: D/X 1485/1(54)

Plan showing the layout of canteen 10C 6A, at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1945 Scale: 1:96

Ref: D/X 1485/1(55)

Plan of a 'typical group canteen' at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1941 Scale: 1:96

Ref: D/X 1485/1(56)

Plan of the fire station at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, 1943 Scale: 1:96
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