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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 ...
ICI Works Fire Brigade: 26 July 1963: A fire had developed in an electric furnace at ICI Hillhouse, near Fleetwood in Lancashire. The furnace was used to heat anthracite to make carbide electro paste. Whilst local brigades (Blackpool and Lancashire) also attended, the fire was fought by the on site ICI Works Fire Brigade.
Fort Worth Fire Station No. 18’s annual “Countdown to 100” event started in 2013 following a neighborhood fire that left the community traumatized.
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
Burn Naze Station in autumn 2013, just over six months after the Poulton & Wyre Railway Society took over restoration of the station. In spring 2013, the Poulton & Wyre Railway Society were granted an extension to their licence from Network Rail to work on the trackbed, covering the whole branch from Poulton. They then began work on clearing ...
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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 ...