Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Carbon Dioxide Co

From Graces Guide

1928 Turner and Newall and Distillers Co jointly formed the Carbon Dioxide Co Ltd to handle sales of the gas produced by some of their works[1].

1937 Distiller's Carbonic Acid plants, especially for dry ice, at Dagenham and Hull were fully occupied; new plants were under construction at Bankhall and Hammersmith[2].

1956 Designed carbon dioxide equipment for the nuclear power plant at Calder Hall and supplied the gas[3].

1959 Chemical Division of the Distillers Company

1986 Guinness acquired Distillers

1987 Guinness sold Distillers (Carbon Dioxide) to Messer Griesheim[4]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, 15 December 1928
  2. The Times, 19 July 1937
  3. The Times, 17 October 1956
  4. The Times Dec. 15, 1987