Jan 22, 2025 | Articles, Fisons, People, Places
Edward Packard & Co Barges From the first, the Orwell, to the last, the Trent River, Edward Packard & Co ran their steam barges on the Gipping between the Bramford Works and Ipswich Docks for over 60 years. Nick-named “Packard’s Navy” within the company, the...
Jan 13, 2025 | Articles, Fisons, Places
Fisons North Warehouse The following article provides the evidence that Joseph Fison’s Eastern Union Chemical Works (aka The North Warehouse) was built in 1866. Royal Agricultural Society Show – Bury St Edmunds – 15th to 19th July 1867 An extract from an...
Jan 8, 2025 | Articles, Fisons, Places
The Fisons development timeline Following the origins of the ‘Fisons’ Factory site from the early pioneering days of artificial fertilizer in Suffolk to the site as it is today. Further reading: James Fison Sons Thetford Joseph Fison Co Limited Edward...
Jan 6, 2025 | Articles, Fisons, People, Places
The part played by the Chapman’s works in the development of the fertilizer industry in Bramford has been all but lost but they operated for 30 years, literally sandwiched between the two bigger manufactures of Edward Packard and Joseph Fison.Henry and William Chapman...
Jan 6, 2025 | Articles, Fisons, People
This article was published in the very first Fison, Packard & Prentice Journal – a company magazine that continued into the latter part of the 20th Century. The companies had amalgamated the previous year. byW. HENRY PRENTICE The Chemical Works at...
