Didn't think it went back that far. However, that Dupont plant has been there
ever since dirt too. The 1940's was a guess but the more I remember, seems like
that actually fired up back during WWI maybe or before as the town of Dupont is
an old one. Along the Kanawaha river which goes through Charleston, WV. and
dumps into the Ohio river, is where "chemical valley" sprang up. During the
Civil War, places like Nitro, WV. sprang up making explosives and there all
along that river. South Charleston was the home of Union Carbide, and we all
remember Baupal India. Forgive the spelling on Baupal. Every 1-2 miles up there
are large chemical plants and where a lot of the ordinance plants once were.
The Kanawaha dumps out in the Ohio river about 40 miles above my house. Then,
the Ohio is a stones throw away (be fishing in it in 10 minutes). That's the
very reason nobody can eat any fish out of the rivers here. This has me curious
now, I'll have to do some history work.
Will
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On 3/5/05 at 8:34 AM G3rzp@aol.com wrote:
Glycol/water mixtures were in use as antifreeze in aircraft cooling systems
well prior to WW2. Examples were (are?) Spitfires and Hurricanes, among others.
73
Peter G3RZP
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