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Default ARCHIVE - Ammonia production plant - Northwich. April 09 - 30-04-2009, 21:59

Quick look around some old stuff with Lazy tonight, rain, dark, nettles, swamps. A blair witch style journey into the woods to see something I noticed on Google earth. Lots of outbuildings in the woods, mostly ruins, but some intersting things. Disastrous photowise though. Im hoping Lazy got some decent shots. Theres also a pillbox a few hundred yards away in good nick so I assume this was quite important during the war although not strictly a military site itself, so I'll stick it here. If it looks really cack, bin it


About 1907 brine was found on the Holford Hall Estate, near Plumley, and the
Ammonia Soda Company, who subsequently bought the land for the erection of
works, made three borings, the deepest one going down 2,509 feet from the
surface......

During WWI Ammonia Nitrate was in short supply.....an experimental plant was
started at the works of the Ammonia-Soda Company at Plumley and on the
management of the place coming under the control of Brunner Mond & Co.
extensive plant was erected there, on behalf of the Ministry, to manufacture
this process on a large scale. On the basis of the experience gained at
plumley, Brunner Mond & Co. designed and erected for the Ministry a much
larger plant at the Victoria Works of the Salt Union, near Northwich

The exterior is large and in seemingly quite shaky condition




Inside is pretty empty to be honest..






Nice roof mind.


Lazy.. please have some nice shots

Having seen this post, it really didnt justify the effort of getting in. hohoho, cant win 'em all.

Last edited by Denial; 30-04-2009 at 22:05.
 

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