CHEMICALS FROM COAL

A HISTORY OF BECKTON PRODUCTS WORKS

Cyril Arthur Townsend M.Sc. Ph.D.

Northwich, Cheshire, 2003

This history is dedicated to the memory of my Grandfather,

Abe Smith, Tar Stillman at Beckton Products Works from 1880 to 1933

This version was prepared for the Web by D.H.W. Hayton of GLIAS November 2003