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Got woken up stupidly early by Mendo informing me we were off to "that there Yorkshire today to see some huge industrialness" (his words not mine lmao). "Oh, and we're leaving at 9.30 to meet Spark, chop chop!" "you've got 22 minutes now before we set off, CHOP CHOP!". grrrrrrrrr!!!!
Eventually leave the house half an hour after we were supposed to set off in the direction of Castleford in West Yorkshire. Meet Spark in leisure centre car park, (got introduced to beef jerky ) anyhow I digress, parked around the corner near to a public footpath, then get told to look towards the river. "that's where we're going today" I was told. WOW, talk about big. The huge former chemical factory named Hickson and Welch. Even from where we were standing, all we could see were towers, pipes, and chimney's. excellent. Off we start.
Here's what their website says about them.
We are an independent chemical manufacturing company. We specialise in organic chemistry and offer contract manufacturing services and a range of fine chemical intermediates to the crop science, health & nutrition and specialty markets.
Hickson & Welch specialises in the synthesis of organic chemical intermediates and has two principal businesses:
Contract Manufacture and
Fine Chemical Intermediates
These are all the products they manufactured! :EEK:
Full Product List -Further Information
Optical Brightening Agents
Pharmaceutical Intermediates
Dyes & Pigments
Products and Markets
Fine Chemical Intermediates
99-99-0 PNT 4-NITROTOLUENE
121-03-9 PNTSA 4-NITROTOLUENE-2-SULPHONIC ACID
128-42-7 DNS 4-4'-DINITROSTILBENE-2-2'-DISULPHONIC ACID (DISODIUM SALT)
119-72-2 SEMIDAS 4-AMINO-4'-NITROSTILBENE-2-2'-DISULPHONIC ACID (DISODIUM SALT)
81-11-8 DAS 4-4'-DIAMINOSTILBENE-2-2'-DISULPHONIC ACID (POWDER)
81-11-8 DAS 4-4'-DIAMINOSTILBENE-2-2'-DISULPHONIC ACID (SOLUTION)
PHOTINES® OPTICAL BRIGHTENERS FOR DETERGENTS
106-49-0 PT p-TOLUIDINE
88-51-7 2B ACID 5-CHLORO-p-TOLUIDINE-2-SULPHONIC ACID (NH2=1)
88-44-8 4B ACID p-TOLUIDINE-2-SULPHONIC ACID (NH2=1)
108-44-1 MT m-TOLUIDINE
98-33-9 OTSA 2-AMINOTOLUENE-5-SULPHONIC ACID
25321-14-6 DNT DINITROTOLUENE
95-79-4 4COT 4-CHLORO-o-TOLUIDINE (NH2=1)
635-22-3 4C3NA 4-CHLORO-3-NITROANILINE
6283-25-6 2C5NA 2-CHLORO-5-NITROANILINE
119-75-5 ONDP 2-NITRODIPHENYLAMINE
40932-60-3 TCSA 3,5,6-TRICHLOROSALICYLIC ACID
ASHWOOD PRODUCTS OFFERED Connecting Dots
4584-46-7 DMC 2-DIMETHYLAMINO ETHYL CHLORIDE HYDROCHLORIDE
- also available as a 65% solution
869-24-9 DEC 2-DIETHYLAMINO ETHYL CHLORIDE HYDROCHLORIDE
- also available as 50% and 65% solutions
4584-49-0 DMIPC DIMETHYLAMINO ISOPROPYL CHLORIDE HYDROCHLORIDE
5407-04-5 DMPC 3-DIMETHYLAMINO PROPYL CHLORIDE HYDROCHLORIDE
- available as 65% and 70% solutions (aqeous)
4261-68-1 DIC DI ISOPROPYLAMINO ETHYLCHLORIDE HYDROCHLORIDE
645-45-4 HCC HYDROCINNAMOYL CHLORIDE
530-62-1 CDI 1,1-CARBONYLDIIMIDAZOLE
Some history of the site.
80 Years Of Chemical Manufacturing Expertise
* 1915 - Ernest Hickson built a plant for TNT and picric acid production
* 1920's - Switched production to nitrotoluenes for dyes and pigments
* 1940's - Large scale chlorination Largest UK producer of DDT
* 1950's - Ceased DDT. Phosgenation to produce ureas. Optical Brightening agents
* 1960's - Expansion of nitrotoluenes
* Tax Accountants
* 1970's - Contract manufacturing investment
* 1990's - Expansion of hydrogenation and phosgenation facilities
* 2000 - Acquisition by Arch Chemicals
The site closed in 2005. (They do still have another site in Bradford and have extended that one).
Here's a few pics from me.
And lastly from me.
Sorry there's so many, I took over 200 pics in there. :embarrassed: Visited with ThenewMendoza and Spark.
Cheers,
Sal
Eventually leave the house half an hour after we were supposed to set off in the direction of Castleford in West Yorkshire. Meet Spark in leisure centre car park, (got introduced to beef jerky ) anyhow I digress, parked around the corner near to a public footpath, then get told to look towards the river. "that's where we're going today" I was told. WOW, talk about big. The huge former chemical factory named Hickson and Welch. Even from where we were standing, all we could see were towers, pipes, and chimney's. excellent. Off we start.
Here's what their website says about them.
We are an independent chemical manufacturing company. We specialise in organic chemistry and offer contract manufacturing services and a range of fine chemical intermediates to the crop science, health & nutrition and specialty markets.
Hickson & Welch specialises in the synthesis of organic chemical intermediates and has two principal businesses:
Contract Manufacture and
Fine Chemical Intermediates
These are all the products they manufactured! :EEK:
Full Product List -Further Information
Optical Brightening Agents
Pharmaceutical Intermediates
Dyes & Pigments
Products and Markets
Fine Chemical Intermediates
99-99-0 PNT 4-NITROTOLUENE
121-03-9 PNTSA 4-NITROTOLUENE-2-SULPHONIC ACID
128-42-7 DNS 4-4'-DINITROSTILBENE-2-2'-DISULPHONIC ACID (DISODIUM SALT)
119-72-2 SEMIDAS 4-AMINO-4'-NITROSTILBENE-2-2'-DISULPHONIC ACID (DISODIUM SALT)
81-11-8 DAS 4-4'-DIAMINOSTILBENE-2-2'-DISULPHONIC ACID (POWDER)
81-11-8 DAS 4-4'-DIAMINOSTILBENE-2-2'-DISULPHONIC ACID (SOLUTION)
PHOTINES® OPTICAL BRIGHTENERS FOR DETERGENTS
106-49-0 PT p-TOLUIDINE
88-51-7 2B ACID 5-CHLORO-p-TOLUIDINE-2-SULPHONIC ACID (NH2=1)
88-44-8 4B ACID p-TOLUIDINE-2-SULPHONIC ACID (NH2=1)
108-44-1 MT m-TOLUIDINE
98-33-9 OTSA 2-AMINOTOLUENE-5-SULPHONIC ACID
25321-14-6 DNT DINITROTOLUENE
95-79-4 4COT 4-CHLORO-o-TOLUIDINE (NH2=1)
635-22-3 4C3NA 4-CHLORO-3-NITROANILINE
6283-25-6 2C5NA 2-CHLORO-5-NITROANILINE
119-75-5 ONDP 2-NITRODIPHENYLAMINE
40932-60-3 TCSA 3,5,6-TRICHLOROSALICYLIC ACID
ASHWOOD PRODUCTS OFFERED Connecting Dots
4584-46-7 DMC 2-DIMETHYLAMINO ETHYL CHLORIDE HYDROCHLORIDE
- also available as a 65% solution
869-24-9 DEC 2-DIETHYLAMINO ETHYL CHLORIDE HYDROCHLORIDE
- also available as 50% and 65% solutions
4584-49-0 DMIPC DIMETHYLAMINO ISOPROPYL CHLORIDE HYDROCHLORIDE
5407-04-5 DMPC 3-DIMETHYLAMINO PROPYL CHLORIDE HYDROCHLORIDE
- available as 65% and 70% solutions (aqeous)
4261-68-1 DIC DI ISOPROPYLAMINO ETHYLCHLORIDE HYDROCHLORIDE
645-45-4 HCC HYDROCINNAMOYL CHLORIDE
530-62-1 CDI 1,1-CARBONYLDIIMIDAZOLE
Some history of the site.
80 Years Of Chemical Manufacturing Expertise
* 1915 - Ernest Hickson built a plant for TNT and picric acid production
* 1920's - Switched production to nitrotoluenes for dyes and pigments
* 1940's - Large scale chlorination Largest UK producer of DDT
* 1950's - Ceased DDT. Phosgenation to produce ureas. Optical Brightening agents
* 1960's - Expansion of nitrotoluenes
* Tax Accountants
* 1970's - Contract manufacturing investment
* 1990's - Expansion of hydrogenation and phosgenation facilities
* 2000 - Acquisition by Arch Chemicals
The site closed in 2005. (They do still have another site in Bradford and have extended that one).
Here's a few pics from me.
And lastly from me.
Sorry there's so many, I took over 200 pics in there. :embarrassed: Visited with ThenewMendoza and Spark.
Cheers,
Sal