Hungarian Review, 1964 (10. évfolyam, 3-9. szám)

1964-03-01 / 3. szám

A CHEMICAL GIANT A.mong the foliage-covered slopes of the North Hungarian hills, in the valley of the rivulet Sajó, stretches the six-mile strip of one of Central Europe’s most modern plants, Hungary’s largest chemical works, the Borsod Chemical Combine. As you approach Kazincbarcika by car from the south, along the broad, winding concrete road that follows the bends of the river, the coloured outlines of the chimney-stacks upon the sky will be visible a long way off. It is a distinguishing feature of chemical plants that their chimneys do not exude the quickly dispersed, common grey smoke but puff of yellow, light brown or sometimes pink, that appear on windless days to be almost motionless. Down by the side of the highway are innumerable miles of glinting alu­minium, copper and steel tubing. One carries concentrated salt solution, another gaseous nitrogen, the third chlorine, some convey high-pressure steam, others transfer ammonia to the fertilizer plant. Only ten or twelve years ago nothing disturbed the silence of Electrolysis plant for chlorine and alkali production. Carbon dioxide wash-towers of the Fertilizer Factory. I ' ' ■ I■ V • • jj ■'/ 11 . jj ■ /■; ' . . ; ■ ' ' ' ^ , ' • *' I . . I

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