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The Collection

The archive collections consist of Imperial Chemical Industries General Chemical Group Archive (including pre-war personal injury records), Peter Spence Archive, Hutchinson Estate Papers, and the Clayton Aniline Company Archive, McKechnie ledgers, the Vine Chemicals/Barium Chemicals Limited documents. .

Objects consist of laboratory equipment, chemical samples, the social history of local area and the chemical industry.

The photographic collection, consisting of 35mm negatives and photographs, document the products and processes from Merseyside, South Lancashire, and North and Mid Cheshire areas. The collection also houses the Teeside Bridge & Engineering Company. They also hold on loan the Brunner Mond film collection.

The map collection consists of Ordinance Survey maps of Widnes and Runcorn, and includes various Halton Borough Council annotated maps such as the sewer system in Halton, two complete sets of Ropers 1875 survey, a bound set of plans of the proposed Lancashire Plateway relating to Widnes and a set of Transporter Bridge bound plans.

The library comprises several sets of bound volumes including the Journal of Society for the Chemical Industry, and the Imperial Chemical Industries magazine and newspaper. There are also many individual volumes relating to aspects of chemistry and industry, and to local area.

The fine art collection ranges from portraits of local chemical manufacturers in oils and pastel, and depictions of local factories. The collection also includes bronze busts and plaques .