Coal Tar - Coal Tar Distillers

Coal Tar Distillers

In the coal gas era, there were many companies in Britain whose business was to distill coal tar to separate the higher-value fractions, such as naphtha, creosote and pitch. These companies included:

  • British Tar Products
  • Lancashire Tar Distillers
  • Midland Tar Distillers
  • Newton, Chambers & Company (owners of Izal brand disinfectant)

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