Typically for its construction period, this wagon is unfitted, and has a handbrake only.
The Royal Ordnance Factory at Bishopton near Glasgow made military munitions. Tank No.14 was built durung the Second World War to carry nitric acid, one of the raw materials required in large quantities. This vehicle, along with Briggs No 17, illustrate variations of the RCH standard 14-ton design, different cylinder diameters being assigned according to the density of the liquid to be carried.
No.14 was generously donated by British Aerospace (BAe).
