Charles Tennant
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Charles Tennant was a Scottish chemist and industrialist. He discovered bleaching powder and founded an industrial dynasty.
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Charles Tennant's Darnley Bleach Fields c. 1800
Charles Tennant's St. Rollox Chemical Works in 1831
Statue (1838), Glasgow Necropolis
St Rollox Chemical Works
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St Rollox Chemical Works was an industrial manufacturer of chemicals located in Glasgow, Scotland, that began in 1799 and stood until 1964. It was created by Scottish industrialist Charles Tennant and
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…into other chemicals, metallurgy and explosives. The early rail network in Scotland and important mines in Spain were also areas of interest. The St. Rollox plant grew to be the largest chemical works in the world during the 1830s and 1840s. It covered over 100 acres (0.4 km2) and had 250,000 square feet (23,000…
Tennants Stalk chimney on the list of tallest buildings in 1896. The chimney is listed at number 7.
Waste piles shown in 1909. The lixiviated waste pool is visible behind the railway
Workers at St Rollox about to blow up Tennants Stalk