Royal Ordnance Factory Bishopton :: More Info:

The Royal Ordnance Factories were built during the rearmament phase of the 1930's, just in time for WWII - Bishopton was by far the largest, employing over 20,000 workers at it's peak in three almost-self-contained factories within one perimeter fence. Factory III closed down almost immediately after the war, but factories I and II continued production of cordite, picrite (an anti-flashing and stabilising agent), RDX, white phosphorus, ball powder (gunpowder) and various other explosives and propellants up until the year 2000.

I have created a Google Earth file containing plans of ROF Bishopton, including perimeter fences, standard-gauge and narrow-gauge rail lines, waterways, buildings and descriptions of different areas of the factory. I’ve also created a Google Earth file for Georgetown, the WWI filling factory that occupied the southern part of the Bishopton site.

This map below uses images from Flickr on a Google map - it’s a work in progress ;-)