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Tar & Liquor Works

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At some point, changed name to Beckton Products Works.

"For several years, since the opening of Beckton gas works, large quantities of tar, liquor etc had been sold to outside firms at uneconomic prices. Since there was a growing and highly profitable market for chemicals derived from coal tar, it was agreed that the construction of a tar and ammonia by-products works, owned by the GLCC, should be commenced as a matter of urgency. " http://www.glias.org.uk/Chemicals_from_Coal/PART_2.HTM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beckton_Gas_Works#Beckton_Products_Works


Operation

1879 to 1970


Location

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Located in

London


Produced

Solvent naphtha, Pure benzole, Pure toluol, Sharp oil, Creosote, Naphthalene, Carbolic, Soluble creosote, Sulphur, Iron oxide, Carbazol, Green oil, Anthracene, Crude bases, Nitro-benzol, Aniline, Pitch, Refined tar, Ammoniacal liquor, Liquid ammonia, Ammonium carbonate, Ammonium chloride, Ammonium sulphate, Ammonium nitrate, Anhydrous ammonia, Cyanogen liquor, Prussiates of soda and potash, Potassium cyanide


Used Raw Materials

Coal Tar, Ammonia


Ownership

From To Owner
1879 1949 Gas Light & Coke Company
1949 1970 North Thames Gas Board


Industry

From To Industry


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