British Patent Portland Cement Co
1888 Mr T Robinson, who was a director of the Liver Alkali Works as well as of the Atlas Chemical Co was to be a director of the British Patent Portland Cement Co Ltd[1] which was being formed to purchase the rights to a new type of Portland cement made from caustic lime mud to the patent of Mr John S. Rigby and build works at Widnes and St. Helens[2].