Vinatex factory Staveley Chemicals Derbyshire UK 1975


The Staveley Chemicals plant in Derbyshire in 1976, at the time workers contracted industrial diseases from inhaling vinyl chloride. Scan from 6 x 9cm rollfilm view taken at the time (previously available from the Telegraph Picture Library).


Size: 5120px × 3475px
Photo credit: © David Kilpatrick / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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