H. D. Pochin and Co
H. D. Pochin and Co Ltd, clay producers, of Worsley Street, Salford.
Successor to Halliday, Pochin and Co
Henry Davis Pochin invented a process using ammonium sulphate and alumina as a low cost alternative to alumstone in the production of alum cake used in the manufacture of paper. The process required china clay. Pochin bought several china clay mines in Cornwall for this purpose.
1871 Joseph Wadsworth was the Liquidator of the Patent Plaster Foundation Co; his address was Messrs. Henry Davis Pochin and Co's. Offices, Worsley-street, Salford[1]
1887 Maker of materials for Paper Makers and Calico Printers.
In time H. D. Pochin and Co became one of the three largest British producers of china clay
1932 Acquired by the English China Clays to form English Clays, Lovering, Pochin, & Co
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The London Gazette 17 February 1871