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Solway Works, Kells, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria, 18/07/1953. Creator: John Laing plc.

Solway Works, Kells, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria, 18/07/1953. Creator: John Laing plc.

2-854-144 - Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

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.

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  1. John Laing plc, attributed to: British: construction and civil engineering company
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  1. Photograph
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World Europe United Kingdom England Cumbria Whitehaven

  1. 54 33 00 N , 003 36 00 W
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Trade & Industry Construction Industry

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5345x5366
File Size : 28,010kb

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  1. JLP01/08/010349A
  1. jlp01_08_010349a
  1. 0250009616
  1. 2-854-144
  1. 2854144
  1. JLP01/08/010349A

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