| Brief history of
the
Widnes Foundry and Engineering Company (from the 1948
Centenary Brochure), with original punctuation but with no
illustrations |
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Commemorative brochure produced by Fisons Ltd in 1972 to
mark the cessation of manufacturing at Whiffen and Sons (who
had been absorbed into Fisons Fine Chemicals in 1966) former
Loughborough site . Covers period 1654 - 1972. No
illustrations. |
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A partial
transcript of
LIVERPOOL SUMMER ASSIZES 1846 Sir John Gerrard v.
J.C. GAMBLE
Including the
initial declaration and various correspondence and depositions
concerning the case against the St Helens alkali manufacturer
Josiah Christopher Gamble and others. Complete with original
spelling in some cases, plus some transcription errors. |
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Partial list of the contents of the
research files produced
by the Museum Project regarding alkali works along with soap
works, and other firms in the Widnes and Runcorn area. Some
notes from places further afield as well. |
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Pages 48 - 52 from the 1948 50th anniversary book for Orr's
Zinc White works in Widnes. Produced by The Imperial Smelting
Company, the then owners of the company. This document has the
original page breaks and punctuation but with no illustrations. |
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Whole text from the
Orr's Zinc White 25th anniversary
brochure 1923. This document has the original page breaks and
punctuation but with no illustrations. |
| Article about the
Widnes Transporter Bridge from Meccano Magazine April 1960 |
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List of all Catalyst's copies of ICI employee publications
such as ICI Magazine including the various divisional
publications, for example Hexagon Courier or Alkali News (MS
Excel) |
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Competitive analysis of Albright & Wilson prepared by ICI in
March 1960. Notable amongst the list of recipients is
Richard Beeching, then Technical Director of ICI, who became
well-known later as the Chairman of the British Railways Board.
This document has embedded text and is searchable. |
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Translation of
the introduction to book Nicolas Leblanc Sa Vie, Ses
Travaux, et L'Histoire de la Soude Artificielle written by
Auguste Anastasi grandson of Leblanc |
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The Story of Murgatroyds. Printed booklet reprinted
from 1961 Spring and Summer editions of DCL Gazette giving the
history of the Murgatroyd Salt Works including subsequent salt
and chemical companies from 1889 until the date of publication.
This document has embedded text and is searchable. |
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Summary of labour returns from ICI Pilkington Sullivan Works
between 1926 and 1938, showing the effect of factory
amalgamations, economic factors etc. We will augment this
with scanned images of the documents as soon as possible. |
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Complete
list of research files donated to Catalyst from ICI General Chemicals
Group
(and predecessors) dated 1896 - 1998 This list includes
files listed in the document above and is based on our own cataloguing of these files.
It is the definitive list of all 25,263 documents. |
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List of items from the
McKechnie collection.
McKechnie Bothers manufactured copper sulphate in Widnes from
1892, after their father's works in St Helens was absorbed into
the UAC in 1891 |
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List of
films in the Brunner Mond film collection (extant films rather than full list that was assumed upon initial loan)
(MS Excel) |
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A
report in pdf format on
the origins and development of the Hutchinson Dock Estate in
West bank in Widnes, produced for the original Museum Project in
March 1985, using the original documents from the Estate.
This document has embedded text and is searchable |
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Lists of documents from
J W Towers (later Gallenkamps) and from
Bowmans (catalogued by Christina Evans). |
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An
article by Gordon Rintoul from 1984 entitled "The Chemical
Industry in Runcorn and Weston 1800 - 1930". This is an
excellent summary of the origins and development of the industry
complete with footnotes. |
| A
map
of ICI works worldwide taken from a copy of "A short account
of the activities of the Company" published by ICI Ltd.
before the Second World War |
| A
map showing all ICI works in the United Kingdom as of May
1955 |
| A memorandum published
by ICI in 1950
"THE
PARENT COMPANY AND ITS
INTERESTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM with facts about the
company’s
origins, its functions, its composition, and its direction.
Additionally it aims to answer questions that people outside the
company might have had such as "Is ICI too big ?" or "Is ICI a monopoly?". |
| A
list
of works acquired by the UAC upon it's formation in 1890,
with subsequent acquisitions, and dates of closure and
amalgamations of works. This list was prepared by DWF
Hardie in 1958 |
Towards the end
of WW2, and thereafter, a thorough examination of German
industry was undertaken by various Allied agencies. The UK
investigations were prepared for the British Intelligence
Objectives Sub-Committee (BIOS), US reports by the Field
Information Agency, Technical (FIAT) and joint reports for the
Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee (CIOS).
Collectively these reports are a good overview of many aspects
of industry, and we have about 280 of these reports on various
topics related to the chemical industry, showing who was doing
what and where in Germany and Austria. We have listed the
titles and contents pages (a typical title is "Research Report
on Benzyl Chloride Xylylenechloride Triethanolamine,
Triethanolamine Fatty Acids Esters and Methylolacetaphenon"),
and you can download the list
here.If you want to
read any report, contact us. |
| We have acquired the rent books from S Owens the Widnes estate agency,
for the period from 1910 until the agency was taken over by the
Halifax in 1988. These show the addresses for which Owens was
responsible, along with the rent payer's name and the value of
the rent. Books from 1910 until 1939 are available for
inspection. We also have various ledgers showing the
beneficiaries of the rents received. |
