Unilever under various names were in the soap business of which palm oil is
an important ingredient, and later margarine many years before aquiring BOCM
as an outlet for their byproducts. I would therefore imagine they were oil
cruishing themselves back into the 19th century . I don't know but I
believe an old established company such as this would have much in their
archives and if the archivist is an enthusiast who knows where he could
lead you.
Dennis
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From: "Thomas Jackson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: [LOCAL-HISTORY] oil mill
I was going to refer you to Rees which has a good illustration of the
machinery used so have done some more looking, charles Wilsons history of
Unilever in Vol one in dealing with BOCM at pages 278 to 280 points out
that the British milling Industry pre 1914 crushed seed primarily for
cattlecake and you were either a cake manufacturer or a seed -crusher. The
bibliography has only one reference Imperial Institute 1915 Oilseeds and
feeding cake a monograph.
Tom Jackson Silloth
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