Nobel’s factories in Vinterviken had not been accident-free, unfortunately. A number of tragic explosions happened in the end of 1860s and beginning of 1870s. Because of these accidents, it was later decided to separate the different parts of the dynamite production. Several blasting bunkers were built in the rock near the factory for safe dynamite testing.
Alfred Nobel’s Birthplace Norrlandsgatan 9, 111 43 Stockholm, Sweden 
Nobel’s early experiments and the tragic accident Söder Mälarstrand 111, 117 31 Stockholm, Sweden 
Vinterviken’s gatehouse Vinterviksvägen 50, 117 65 Stockholm, Sweden 
Nobel’s sulfuric acid factory Vinterviksvägen 60, 117 65 Stockholm, Sweden 
Detonics research lab Vinterviksvägen 53, 117 65 Stockholm, Sweden 
Nobel’s nitroglycerine and dynamite factory Vinterviken, Stockholm, Sweden 
Written by Holly Golightly
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