Difference between revisions of "Spencer Chapman & Messel Chemical Works"
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+ | |has description="1872 William Stevens Squire (1834–1906) of Dunn, Squire and Co, initially at Stratford in Essex, formed the company Squire, Chapman & Co. with Mr Spencer Chapman, premises at North Woolwich Rd, Silvertown, as makers of sulphuric acid[1]. Squire took his assistant Rudolph Messel with him to the new business. | ||
+ | Messel developed a process for the manufacture of fuming sulphuric acid, which was in great demand as a raw material in the dyestuffs industry. The key to the process was the combination of pure sulphur dioxide and oxygen gases using a platinized pumice catalyst. The process was patented by Squire in 1875." http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Spencer_Chapman_and_Messel | ||
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+ | I can't really find any information on when they stopped manufacturing at this location. According to the Times, after the merger sometime in 1964-1966 to form Berk Spencer Acids, a new works was going to be built at Stratford. http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=usaskmain&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS369583759&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 | ||
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|started_operation=1872 | |started_operation=1872 | ||
|has_coordinates=51.50131, 0.036464 | |has_coordinates=51.50131, 0.036464 | ||
|is_in=London | |is_in=London | ||
|produced=Oleum, Sulphuric Acid, Hydrochloric Acid, Nitric Acid, Battery Acid | |produced=Oleum, Sulphuric Acid, Hydrochloric Acid, Nitric Acid, Battery Acid | ||
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Revision as of 14:38, 12 May 2016
"1872 William Stevens Squire (1834–1906) of Dunn, Squire and Co, initially at Stratford in Essex, formed the company Squire, Chapman & Co. with Mr Spencer Chapman, premises at North Woolwich Rd, Silvertown, as makers of sulphuric acid[1]. Squire took his assistant Rudolph Messel with him to the new business.
Messel developed a process for the manufacture of fuming sulphuric acid, which was in great demand as a raw material in the dyestuffs industry. The key to the process was the combination of pure sulphur dioxide and oxygen gases using a platinized pumice catalyst. The process was patented by Squire in 1875." http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Spencer_Chapman_and_Messel
I can't really find any information on when they stopped manufacturing at this location. According to the Times, after the merger sometime in 1964-1966 to form Berk Spencer Acids, a new works was going to be built at Stratford. http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=usaskmain&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS369583759&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0
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Operation
1872
Location
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Produced
Oleum, Sulphuric Acid, Hydrochloric Acid, Nitric Acid, Battery Acid
Used Raw Materials
Ownership
From | To | Owner |
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1872 | 1878 | Squire, Chapman & Co |
1878 | 1899 | Chapman, Messel and Co |
1899 | 1965 | Spencer Chapman & Messel Ltd |
Industry
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1872 | The date "{{{to_date}}}" was not understood.The date "{{{to_date}}}" was not understood. | Chemical Industry |