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Caleb Chivers, a manufacturer who also ran chemical works at Brechfa and at Maescwmmer near Newport | Caleb Chivers, a manufacturer who also ran chemical works at Brechfa and at Maescwmmer near Newport, owned '''Carmarthen Chemical Works'''. Chivers was also a partner in [[Pontypridd Chemical Works]], | ||
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of Pantyffynnon, nr. Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, maker of wood distillation products and gunpowder.
Products included acetates (of lead, sodium, and calcium), naphthas, gunpowder, and charcoal.
Caleb Chivers, a manufacturer who also ran chemical works at Brechfa and at Maescwmmer near Newport, owned Carmarthen Chemical Works. Chivers was also a partner in Pontypridd Chemical Works, Glamorgan.
1871 The Carmarthen works were active
By the 1880s the works had closed.
See Also
Sources of Information
- Archives of the British chemical industry, 1750-1914: a handlist. By Peter J. T. Morris and Colin A. Russell. Edited by John Graham Smith. 1988.