Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,573 pages of information and 246,142 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Sutton Lodge Chemical Co

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Sutton Lodge Chemical Company of St. Helens


  • 1874 Public company registered; capital of 500 in £100 shares[1].
  • 1887 Defendant in a case brought by James Proctor to protect his patent on a mechanical stoker; case posponed until the validity of the patent had been confirmed[2].
  • 1891 Incorporated in the United Alkali Co, formed to amalgamate the users of the Leblanc soda ash process.

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Sources of Information

  1. The Morning Post, 16 November 1874
  2. The Blackburn Standard: Darwen Observer, and North-East Lancashire Advertiser, 14 May 1887