Salt Union Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Mersey Power Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Winsford, Cheshire West & Chester, Cheshire, North West, England
Sectors:
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Extraction
Salt extraction
Notes:
Established 1888 through acquisition of c60 existing businesses, mostly in Cheshire and north east England, so that it controlled over 90% of UK output and was therefore able to influence production and prices. Successful in doing so only to mid 1890s. Much rationalisation between wars. Established Mersey Power Co Ltd to provide electricity supply. 1937 acquired by ICI Ltd
Publications:
- Catalogue of Mond Division's Archives by Dickinson, R
- 'Chemical industries' in H W Macrosty, The Trust Movement in British Industry. A study of business organisation by Macrosty, Henry W
- History of the Salt Union. A record of 25 years of disunion and depreciation compiled from official reports by Calvert, Albert F
- Salt and the Salt Industry by Calvert, Albert F
- Salt in Cheshire by Calvert, Albert F
- Salt Union's New Vacuum Salt and Electrical Works, Western Point, Runcorn, Opened May 18th 1911 by Malcolm, George W
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Mersey Power Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Winsford, Cheshire West & Chester, Cheshire, North West, England
Sectors:
- Extraction Salt extraction
Notes:
Established 1888 through acquisition of c60 existing businesses, mostly in Cheshire and north east England, so that it controlled over 90% of UK output and was therefore able to influence production and prices. Successful in doing so only to mid 1890s. Much rationalisation between wars. Established Mersey Power Co Ltd to provide electricity supply. 1937 acquired by ICI LtdPublications:
- Catalogue of Mond Division's Archives by Dickinson, R
- 'Chemical industries' in H W Macrosty, The Trust Movement in British Industry. A study of business organisation by Macrosty, Henry W
- History of the Salt Union. A record of 25 years of disunion and depreciation compiled from official reports by Calvert, Albert F
- Salt and the Salt Industry by Calvert, Albert F
- Salt in Cheshire by Calvert, Albert F
- Salt Union's New Vacuum Salt and Electrical Works, Western Point, Runcorn, Opened May 18th 1911 by Malcolm, George W