Sujet
Solway Works, Kells, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria, 18/07/1953. Creator: John Laing plc.
Légende
Close-up of a worker drilling screws into a wooden plank in a construction yard at the Solway Chemical Works in Whitehaven. Solway Chemicals Ltd were a subsidiary of Marchon Products Ltd. In 1943, Marchon established a large chemical works at a site in Kells, Whitehaven. In 1955, Solway Chemicals Ltd opened a new anhydrite development next to the Marchon site. Sometimes known as Solway Works, this plant produced sulphuric acid and included an anhydrite mine, cement kilns and an acid plant.
Date
1953
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive
Notre référence
HRM21B15_427
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
82,1Mo (4,2Mo) / 45,3cm x 45,4cm / 5345 x 5366 (300dpi)