EAW000360 ENGLAND (1946). Courtaulds Silk Factory and environs, Spondon, 1946

Spondon tar works.

Motor garage.

Anglers lane and canal bridge.

Original 'Anglers Arms' pub.

Spondon Garage.

Willowcroft Road.

Cambridge Street.

Lloyds Bank.

Spondon Power station.

More chemical processing plant.

One of many fabric production shops within the site. British Celanese was the only man made fibre producer outside the United States that carried out EVERY process operation from raw material stage right through to packing the finished garment ready for the customer in the high street store. (American Celanese, a subsidiary company of British Celanese, did the same in the U S).

Engineering drawing office. British Celanese did almost all its engineering work in house.

Fabric print department.

Dye-house.

Yarn processing department area. The acetate yarn was further treated and prepared for knitting or weaving operations.

Spinning dope and yarn production plant area.

Cellulose flake production plant.

Flake chemicals plant. Received chemicals from the 1200 plant and further processed for next stage of production.

1200 plant. Processed crude oil for further processing on the site.

River Derwent.

Derby - Nottingham Road Spondon.

Stoney Cross Spondon.

Bus park. Terminus for buses bringing in employees from all over Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

Station Road.

'Clarifoil' acetate film plant.

Derby Canal.

29 Plant.

British Celanese Limited. Spondon. Cellulose Acetate products manufacturing. It did not become Courtaulds until 1957. Even then it continued trading as British Celanese until the early 70's.

Spondon Station.