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Solvay Process pioneers
On
the
steps
A. R. Gillis, master mechanic; E. N. Trump, general manager; R. G. Hazard, vice president; Edward Hannon, England; Ernest Solvay, Belgium; Rowland Hazard, first president of Solvay Process; Edmund Solvay, Belgium; William B. Cogswell, vice president and managing director; John Brunner, England; Frederick R. Hazard, treasurer
Standing
ground
level
John Ballad, A. H. Green, Robert Croasdale, P. K. Browd, J. D. Pennock, G. G. Fryer, G. W. Cory, Alan MacFarland, J. W. Smith, W. H. Blauvelt, H. R. Cooper, J. C. Fenner, E. L. Lancaster, G. N. Comly, Raymond Clapp, J. M. Reen, Henry Snow, Frank Burdick, Burt Lake, R. E. Fox, G. M. Brill
Seated
in front
R. M. Atwater, Semet-Solvay Company secretary and G. E. Francis, Solvay Process secretary.
 

It was chemist Ernest Solvay who discovered a process for manufacturing sodium carbonate. He and brother Edmund opened a plant in Belgium, then were approached by Cogswell who wanted to start an American facility in the village that would be named after Ernest Solvay.

This photo was taken after the Solvay brothers left Belgium to visit to new plant.

 

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