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The company was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1839 by Eugene Ramiro Grasselli as a manufacturer of sulfuric acid. It moved its headquarters to Cleveland in 1867 in order to better supply that city's oil refining industry. | The company was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1839 by Eugene Ramiro Grasselli as a manufacturer of sulfuric acid. It moved its headquarters to Cleveland in 1867 in order to better supply that city's oil refining industry. | ||
Grasselli acquired a 100-acre | Grasselli acquired a 100-acre parcel near [[Hillman]], four miles from [[Bessemer]] in [[1899]] for a new chemical works. It spent an estimated $100,000 to $200,000 building and equipping the plant for the production of nitric acid and other heavy chemicals. The company also opened a downtown office in the [[Brown-Marx Building]]. | ||
The company built housing for supervisors near the plant. The residences were heated with steam generated at the plant. The area has since been annexed into [[Birmingham]] and is part of the neighborhood of [[Grasselli Heights]] in the [[Grasselli community]]. | The company built housing for supervisors near the plant. The residences were heated with steam generated at the plant. The area has since been annexed into [[Birmingham]] and is part of the neighborhood of [[Grasselli Heights]] in the [[Grasselli community]]. | ||
Revision as of 08:19, 30 July 2008
The Grasselli Chemical Company was an Ohio-based manufacturer of chemicals whose Southern territory was once headquartered in Birmingham.
The company was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1839 by Eugene Ramiro Grasselli as a manufacturer of sulfuric acid. It moved its headquarters to Cleveland in 1867 in order to better supply that city's oil refining industry.
Grasselli acquired a 100-acre parcel near Hillman, four miles from Bessemer in 1899 for a new chemical works. It spent an estimated $100,000 to $200,000 building and equipping the plant for the production of nitric acid and other heavy chemicals. The company also opened a downtown office in the Brown-Marx Building.
The company built housing for supervisors near the plant. The residences were heated with steam generated at the plant. The area has since been annexed into Birmingham and is part of the neighborhood of Grasselli Heights in the Grasselli community.
The Grasselli Chemical Company was acquired by E. I. Du Pont de Nemours Co. in 1928. Du Pont closed down its Birmingham operations in the 1940s.
References
- "Big Chemical Plant Planned." (November 28, 1899) New York Times