South Yorkshire Chemical Works

1928.

1914 The works began operation

1919 The South Yorkshire Chemical Works, Ltd. has been registered as a private company to acquire the business of an Owner of chemical and by-products carried on by Earl Fitzwilliam at Parkgate, Rotherham.

c.1924 "Earl Fitzwilliam's fine new coke works, known as the South Yorkshire Chemical Works, with 85 "Otto" waste-heat ovens and 60 "Semet Solvay" regenerative ovens with recovering plants, as well as the Aldwarke Main Colliery ovens, have been erected in contiguity to the Parkgate Works, and the three will have every opportunity of helping each other's trade. The Parkgate Company owns large ore properties in the Midland counties. Its pig iron output is 3,200 tons a week. The weekly output of steel is 5,000 tons of ingots and 3,600 tons of plates, sheets and bars."

1928 Parkgate Coke Oven plant

1932 The first section of the South Yorkshire Coke Oven Gas Grid was laid between the Sheffield Gas Co's works at Grimesthorpe and the South Yorkshire Chemical Works

1934 Sheffield Corporation were probably the first customers of the South Yorkshire Chemical Works (for a supply of gas)

1954 Many Rotherham streets were flooded and work was stopped at the South Yorkshire Chemical Works and British Acheson Electrodes in Midland Road, Kimberworth.

Presumably owned by National Coal Board

1969 National Carbonising Co's wholly-owned subsidiary Rexco Products acquired the trading assets of the company. Purchase of its assets became effective from October 1.. Rexco Products changed its name to South Yorkshire Chemical Works.

1970 The Chemicals Division operates coking plants in South Yorkshire and tar distillation and benzole refining plants on Teesside

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