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ICI Hillhouse was a chlorine-production facility in Lancashire, England. A division of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), it was active between 1941 and 1992. Its triangular footprint spread from the banks of the River Wyre at Stanah in the east, [ 1 ] to Hillylaid Road in the southwest, to the southern edge of Fleetwood in the north.
ICI General Chemical Divisions purchased the assets of Hillhouse and Burn Hall Works from the Ministry of Supply. A power plant was built on today's Bourne Way in 1958, providing ICI with electricity and steam power. [1] A railway line—part of the Fleetwood branch line—was built to connect Burn Naze to Poulton-le-Fylde and beyond. The line ...
Burn Naze Halt railway station served Burn Naze in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, England, between 1909 and 1970. The platforms were heavily overgrown with vegetation until 2014, when the Poulton & Wyre Railway Society began restoration work.
Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) was a British chemical company. It was, for much of its history, the largest manufacturer in Britain. [1] Its headquarters were at Millbank in London. ICI was a constituent of the FT 30 and later the FTSE 100 indices. ICI was formed in 1926 as a result of the merger of four of
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The former site of Thornton for Cleveleys railway station. A railway station, Thornton for Cleveleys railway station, was opened in Thornton in 1865.It was formerly the principal intermediate stop on the Fleetwood branch of the LMS/British Rail London Midland Region railway, running from Poulton-le-Fylde, but it has been years since the station was used, with the level crossing at Station Road ...
A fire at a historic church in Kansas City that is now home to The Mount Christian Worship Center has put a halt to the daily operations of both the church and the Neighbor2Neighbor organization ...
The line was first opened in 1840. In 1966, Fleetwood station was closed, and Wyre Dock station became the terminus. [2] However, four years later, in 1970, passenger services were curtailed as far as Poulton-le-Fylde. [3] The line continued as a freight route to access the ICI plant at Burn Naze Halt until 1999, when all traffic on the line ...