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

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Title	[EPW024557] Courtaulds Ltd Dunstall Hall Rayon Works and Dunstall Park racecourse, Wolverhampton, 1928
Reference	EPW024557
Date	September-1928
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Place name	WOLVERHAMPTON
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Country	ENGLAND
Easting / Northing	390212, 300230
Longitude / Latitude	-2.1445292628662, 52.599417003519
National Grid Reference	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. Report as Inappropriate	Triggy	Sunday 26th of January 2014 09:14:01 PM
Railway, extant in 1966, dismantled by 1987 Report as Inappropriate	MB	Saturday 1st of December 2012 07:06:22 PM
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Report as Inappropriate	MB	Saturday 1st of December 2012 06:57:58 PM
Cooling towers Report as Inappropriate	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