Monument record 4242 - Brunner Mond and Co Ltd Victoria Salt

Victoria Salt works run by Brunner Mond and Co LTD, H M Factory. Operating during World War 1 producing Ammonium Nitrate and Calcium Nitrate Tetrahydrate (1). It is probably the Winnington Salt Works which is present from the OS 1st edition, however it is then called the Brunner Works. There is a Victoria Salt Works nearby at SJ6778975042 however this is some distance away from the point given in (1).

<1> W D Cocroft, 2000, Dangerous Energy - The Archaeology of Gunpowder and Military Explosives Manufacture (Book). SCH4464.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1881-2, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 6 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2474.