American Viscose Co.

American Viscose Co. is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Marcus Hook, Delaware County, dedicated 2002.

Viscose Village Plaza, E 10th St. at Plaza St., near Boro. Park, Marcus Hook

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The first company in North America to successfully manufacture an artificial fiber (rayon). Plant employees, many of whom were women, lived in Viscose Village, a planned community built in 1912-1915 and designed by Ballinger and Perrot of Phila. In the English Domestic Revival style. The Marcus Hook plant contributed significantly to the country's defense in both World Wars-- supplying fiber for many military applications.

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1872 · Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1894 · Chester, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1896 · Chester, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1898 · Chester, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1902 · Philadelphia and vicinity, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware / Henry Gannett, chief… (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties, 1872, covering the location of American Viscose Co., with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties, 1872, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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American Viscose Co.

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