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Item
Title
A53898-2
Date(s)
- 1950-11-10 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
Hundreds of electrolytic cells, in row after row, work 24 hours a day at Hooker Electrochemical producing the basic ingredients of all Hooker Chemicals. In each of the Hooker cells, under the action of direct electric current, salt and water are broken down into a constant flow of caustic soda, chlorine, and hydrogen. Many other large producers of chlorine were licensed to use the Hooker cels in their own plants. Thus Hooker Cells, continually improved in design and efficiency, accounted for nearly half of all the chlorine produced in the United States. (Hooker Electrochemical Company Annual Report, 1950)
Chemical industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hooker Electrochemical Co. (Tacoma);