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In 1920, Union Carbide built first plant for the production of synthetic organic chemicals from natural gas on a site directly across Elk River. From this nucleus grew the nation's giant petrochemical industry, employer of thousands.
Clendenin, US 119 North, 0.1 miles south of WV 4 Kanawha County West Virginia
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