PETROL FROM COAL
BRITISH COMPANY TO START. OUTPUT OF 4,000,000 GALLONS. (British Official Wireless.) Rec. 5.5 p.m. Rugby, Sept. 2. It is expected that the plant erected at Seaham Harbour in the Durham coal field for the manufacture of petrol from coal will reach the production stage in a few weeks* time. It will use about 500 tons of coal daily and will produce annually about 4,000,000 gallons of motor spirit, 4,000,000 gallons of Diesel oil and 100,000 tons of smokeless fuel, besides other valuable products.. The company has decided to start at once on the erection of a second plant of the same size, which will give employment to several hundred more men.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 September 1935, Page 5
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114PETROL FROM COAL Taranaki Daily News, 4 September 1935, Page 5
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