Pilot plant equipment for the manufacture of polythene, 1938.

Made:: 1936-1938 in Northwich, Wallerscote and Winnington

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Sectioned nine litre reaction vessel, on wheeled trolley and with two sections of rail and casing, by WRD Manning and SG Marshall at ICI (Alkali) Limited, Northwich, Cheshire, England, 1936-1938. This vessel was used to produce the first ton of polyethylene in December 1938.

9 litre reaction vessel, on trolley, in which the first ton of polyethylene had been produced by December 1938. (Sectioned). Designed in 1936 by W. R. D. Manning and S. G. Marshall of ICI (Alkali) Ltd., Northwich

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Category:: Plastics and Modern Materials

Object Number:: 1977-260

Materials:: metal (unknown), paint and steel

Measurements:: overall: 2750 mm x 1830 mm x 950 mm, 1000 kg
rails: 1830 mm

type:: plant equipment

credit:: ICI Ltd. (Plastics Division)

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Pilot plant equipment for the manufacture of polythene, 1938.

Sectioned nine litre reaction vessel, on wheeled trolley and with two sections of rail, by WRD Manning and SG Marshall at ICI (Alkali) Limited, Northwich, Cheshire, England, 1936-1938. This vessel was used to produce the first ton of polyethylene in December 1938.

Measurements:: overall: 2750 mm x 1830 mm x 950 mm,

Materials:: metal (unknown) , steel (metal) and paint

Object Number:: 1977-260/1

type:: polythene and polyethylene

Segment of casing for Pilot plant equipment for the manufacture of polythene, 1938.

Segment of casing from sectioned nine litre reaction vessel, by WRD Manning and SG Marshall at ICI (Alkali) Limited, Northwich, Cheshire, England, 1936-1938. This vessel was used to produce the first ton of polyethylene in December 1938.