Chemical Production at Flixborough.

Work started on a chemical plant at Flixborough before the Second World War utilising by-products from Normanby Park Steelworks but it wasn’t completed until mid-war. Nitrogen Fertilisers Ltd operated until the 1960s when the plant was expanded to also produce Caprolactam, the feedstock for Nylon 6. The plant was progressively expanded to produce 65,000 tonnes per annum but it was completely destroyed by a large explosion in 1974. Following a public enquiry the plant was rebuilt but the artificial fibres market changed and it closed in the 1980s. This talk looks at the development of the plant and the market changes that affected it.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

St Hugh's Church, Lincoln, United Kingdom