EPW019354 ENGLAND (1927). The Nuera Artificial Silk Works, St Helens, 1927

Title	[EPW019354] The Nuera Artificial Silk Works, St Helens, 1927
Reference	EPW019354
Date	September-1927
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Place name	ST HELENS
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Country	ENGLAND
Easting / Northing	353047, 393648
Longitude / Latitude	-2.7068732339176, 53.437259257899
National Grid Reference	SJ530936

Remains of Sutton Oak copper works, closed in December 1895 (ref Barker & Harris, 'A Merseyside town in the industrial revolution, St Helens 1750-1900). Report as Inappropriate	tim birch	Saturday 11th of March 2023 09:30:27 PM
Sutton Oak Junction signal box Report as Inappropriate	Gitfinger	Sunday 15th of May 2022 08:06:32 PM
Watery Lane Report as Inappropriate	pauloyick	Thursday 2nd of January 2014 05:09:59 PM
Lancots Lane Report as Inappropriate	Paul Pritchard	Tuesday 26th of June 2012 05:14:34 PM
Ellamsbridge Rd Report as Inappropriate	Paul Pritchard	Tuesday 26th of June 2012 05:13:44 PM

Can anyone help with info on who the company was and what was the product and was it manufacturing or processing? Triggy. Dave Trigg. Derby.	Triggy	Saturday 1st of March 2014 10:17:49 PM
I have found that the Nuera Artificial Silk Company started production in 1925 on the site of the St Helens Glass Company works on Lancots Lane. It was, apparently, a reasonably successful venture and had an association with Courtaulds (what a shock) but suddenly went into voluntary liquidation in July 1930. The site was re-opened in 1934 by British Sidac Limited, manufacturing 'Rayophane' cellulose packaging film. This business continued until 1982. This leads me to believe that the 'Artificial Silk' was in fact Viscose, I know that Courtaulds did all in its power to eliminate UK competitors in the viscose field but would have encouraged and Acetate manufacturers in an effort to reduce the dominance of British Celanese in the Acetate production. Plus, 'Rayophane' would have been a film similar to 'Cellophane', produced using the viscose process, also British Celanese were the only UK producers of Acetate film, produced by a far more expensive method and viscose based films.	Triggy	Saturday 1st of March 2014 10:09:10 PM
On the last line in my 11:09 posting it should read than, not and. Sorry about that.	Triggy	Saturday 1st of March 2014 10:17:49 PM