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2 unusual facts about Solvay Process Company


Stan Pennock

A native of Syracuse, New York, Pennock was the son of John D. Pennock, the general manager of the Solvay Process Company.

Third Ward Railway

Its line extended from Salina Street on West Genesee Street to West Street and from there to Park Avenue and Willis Avenue with final termination at Solvay Process Company at Sixth North Street (now Gere Avenue) in Solvay, New York, a suburb of Syracuse.


Bert E. Salisbury

For a short period after 1890, while he was still attending college, Bert Salisbury was also employed by the Solvay Process Company in Solvay, New York on the southern edge of Syracuse.

Solvay, New York

The village is named after the Solvay brothers, Belgian inventors of the chemical process employed by the Solvay Process Company, formerly the major industry of the village.


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