Editing Nitroglycerin (section)

=== Wartime production rates ===
Large quantities of nitroglycerin were manufactured during [[World War I]] and [[World War II]] for use as military propellants and in [[military engineering]] work. During World War I, [[HM Factory, Gretna]], the largest propellant factory in the [[United Kingdom]], produced about 800 [[tonne]]s of [[Cordite#Cordite RDB|cordite RDB]] per week. This amount required at least 336 tonnes of nitroglycerin per week (assuming no losses in production). The [[Royal Navy]] had its own factory at the [[Royal Navy Cordite Factory, Holton Heath]], in [[Dorset]], England. A large cordite factory was also built in Canada during World War I. The [[Canadian Industries Limited|Canadian Explosives Limited]] cordite factory at [[Nobel, Ontario]], was designed to produce {{convert|1500000|lb|t|abbr=on}} of cordite per month, requiring about 286 tonnes of nitroglycerin per month.