Magadi. The story of the Magadi Soda Company
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- Author(s) Hill, Mervyn F
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1964
- Pages 199pp; illus
- Publisher Kynoch Press for the firm
- Place Published Birmingham
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- City London
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- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Written by a British resident of Kenya and presumably closely involved in the firm's business. A full and researched account as seen from a European perspective of the firm's project to develop and manage the Lake Magadi 'vast natural deposit of alkaline crystals' for export. Much concerned with building initial infrastructure - Uganda Railway, water supply, township of Magardi, etc. Has chapters: 'Venture into Africa, 1832-95'; 'Staking the claim, 1901-05'; 'The project takes shape'; 'The first company and the way to the Lake'; 'The First World War ... and the aftermath'; 'Liquidation and reconstruction'; 'The second company takers over, 1924-28'; 'Years of depression'; 'The Second World War'; 'Post war problems'; 'Swing of the markets'; 'The prosaic outfit' . Coverage of: Brunner Mond & Co Ltd; East Africa Syndicate Ltd'; M Samuel & Co; Uganda Railway