Spence, Peter, & Sons

Sectors:

  • Chemical production Alum production
  • Chemical production Basic chemicals production

Notes:

Peter Spence, 1806-83, was a manufacturer of basic chemicals. Initially based in London in 1834, he moved to Burgh by Sands, Cumbria, and in 1846 to Pendleton. There invented a process for making alum from coal shale and manufactured it with great success

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