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Drilling JLP01_08_010349a
Solway Works, Kells, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria. Close-up of a worker drilling screws into a wooden plank in a construction yard at the Solway Chemical Works in Whitehaven.
Solway Chemicals Ltd were a subsidiary of Marchon Products Ltd. In 1943, Marchon established a large chemical works at a site in Kells, Whitehaven. In 1955, Solway Chemicals Ltd opened a new anhydrite development next to the Marchon site. Sometimes known as Solway Works, this plant produced sulphuric acid and included an anhydrite mine, cement kilns and an acid plant
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© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection
1950s Construction Labourer People Work Workshop
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