EPW024557 ENGLAND (1928). Courtaulds Ltd Dunstall Hall Rayon Works and Dunstall Park racecourse, Wolverhampton, 1928

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Pennawd	[EPW024557] Courtaulds Ltd Dunstall Hall Rayon Works and Dunstall Park racecourse, Wolverhampton, 1928
Cyfeirnod	EPW024557
Dyddiad	September-1928
Dolen
Enw lle	WOLVERHAMPTON
Plwyf
Ardal
Gwlad	ENGLAND
Dwyreiniad / Gogleddiad	390212, 300230
Hydred / Lledred	-2.1445292628662, 52.599417003519
Cyfeirnod Grid Cenedlaethol	SJ902002

The two tallest chimneys were for getting rid of the fumes that came with the production of viscose fibres, the extra height was to enable the smell to clear local housing. Adrodd fel Amhriodol	Triggy	Sunday 26th of January 2014 09:14:01 PM
Railway, extant in 1966, dismantled by 1987 Adrodd fel Amhriodol	MB	Saturday 1st of December 2012 07:06:22 PM
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Adrodd fel Amhriodol	MB	Saturday 1st of December 2012 06:57:58 PM
Cooling towers Adrodd fel Amhriodol	MB	Saturday 1st of December 2012 06:45:37 PM

A large part, if not all, of this factory, evidently new in 1928, had gone by the late twentieth century, to be replaced largely by housing	MB	Saturday 1st of December 2012 07:07:57 PM
Dunstall Park Racecourse was new when this photograph was taken. It is also known today as Wolverhampton Racecourse	MB	Saturday 1st of December 2012 06:55:33 PM
Courtauls, a British company, was the first to produce commercially viable Rayon - in 1905. An artificial textile, rayon can imitate the feel of silk, wool cotton or linen [Wikipedia]	MB	Saturday 1st of December 2012 06:51:45 PM