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Spencer Chapman & Messel Chemical Works

From London's Ghost Acres


"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


https://books.google.ca/books?id=m8TsygLyfSMC&lpg=PA839&ots=fYeuykc6On&dq=Spencer%20Chapman%20and%20Messel&pg=PA839#v=onepage&q=Spencer%20Chapman%20and%20Messel&f=false

https://books.google.ca/books?id=xriMAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA385&ots=FKzHtg79wP&dq=spencer%20chapman%20%26%20messel&pg=PA385#v=onepage&q=spencer%20chapman%20&%20messel&f=false


Operation

1872


Location

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Located in

London


Produced

Oleum, Sulphuric Acid, Hydrochloric Acid, Nitric Acid, Battery Acid


Used Raw Materials

Sulfur


Ownership

From To Owner
1872 1878 Squire, Chapman & Co
1878 1899 Chapman, Messel and Co
1899 1965 Spencer Chapman & Messel Ltd


Industry

From To Industry
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