Records of Kames Gunpowder Co, gunpowder manufacturers, Kilfinnan, Argyll & Bute, Scotland

• Plans 1862-1909

Kames Gunpowder Co was established in 1839  and had works at Kilfinnan, Argyll & Bute, Scotland. It produced blasting and export powders for the home and export trades. Between 1876 and 1886  the business was acquired by Curtis's & Harvey.

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Compiled by Jenny Cooknell , Assistant Archivist, 24 May 1999

Title, administrative history, related units of description and associated material elements altered by Jenny Cooknell, Assistant Archivist, 6 September 1999

Updated by Lesley Richmond , Acting Director, 3 March 2000

Updated by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 28 February 2002