Basic chemicals production industry, Widnes
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Widnes, Halton, Cheshire, North West, England
Sectors:
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Chemical production
Basic chemicals production
Notes:
John Hutchinson & Co Ltd, alkalis, and William Gossage & Sons Ltd, soap, were important basic chemicals businesses at Widnes, especially in 19th century.
Publications:
- 'Alkali workers' in R H Sherard, White Slaves of England by Sherard, Robert H
- 'Birth and development of the chemical industry in the Widnes area, 1830-1865' in A Whimperley, Widnes Through the Ages. An illustrated introduction to the story of Widnes and its neighbourhood by Whimperley, Arthur
- History of the Chemical Industry in Widnes by Hardie, David W F
- 'Networks and industrial structuring. The Widnes district and the formation of the United Alkali Co, 1890' in J Wilson & A Popp (eds), Industrial Clusters and Regional Business Networks by Popp, Andrew
- Origin and Development of the Small Alkali Firms on the West Bank Dock Estate, Widnes by Connolly, J A
- Spike Island by Greatbatch, M L, & P J Mercer
- Widnes and the early chemical industry, 1847-71. A case of occupational mobility in the Industrial Revolution by Williams, F J
Groups:
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Widnes, Halton, Cheshire, North West, England
Sectors:
- Chemical production Basic chemicals production
Notes:
John Hutchinson & Co Ltd, alkalis, and William Gossage & Sons Ltd, soap, were important basic chemicals businesses at Widnes, especially in 19th century.Publications:
- 'Alkali workers' in R H Sherard, White Slaves of England by Sherard, Robert H
- 'Birth and development of the chemical industry in the Widnes area, 1830-1865' in A Whimperley, Widnes Through the Ages. An illustrated introduction to the story of Widnes and its neighbourhood by Whimperley, Arthur
- History of the Chemical Industry in Widnes by Hardie, David W F
- 'Networks and industrial structuring. The Widnes district and the formation of the United Alkali Co, 1890' in J Wilson & A Popp (eds), Industrial Clusters and Regional Business Networks by Popp, Andrew
- Origin and Development of the Small Alkali Firms on the West Bank Dock Estate, Widnes by Connolly, J A
- Spike Island by Greatbatch, M L, & P J Mercer
- Widnes and the early chemical industry, 1847-71. A case of occupational mobility in the Industrial Revolution by Williams, F J