Pilot plant equipment for the manufacture of polythene, 1938.
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) , steel (metal) and paint
- Object Number:
- 1977-260/1
- type:
- polythene and polyethylene
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