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DuPont Belle Works (Now Chemours)


1925

DuPont built the Belle plant

Other events that happened on or around 1925

Apr 01, 1926

First high-pressure-process ammonia in North America was produced at Belle

1927

First commercial synthetic wood alcohol, methanol, was made at Belle

Other events that happened on or around 1927

1937

Belle began making clear plastic called Lucite

Other events that happened on or around 1937

1978

The DuPont Belle Works plant stopped producing ammonia

Other events that happened on or around 1978

1998

The last of the giant hyper compressors were cut into scrap at Dupont's Belle Plant

Other events that happened on or around 1998

Jul 01, 2015

DuPont spun off its performance chemicals business into Chemours

Other events that happened on or around July 01, 2015

Jan 01, 2021

Chemours sold off its methylamines business to Belle Chemical

Oct 31, 2021

The WV Department of Environmental Protection issued a Final Remedy Decision for the Chemours Belle Works (formerly DuPont) with controls for land use and groundwater restrictions


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