American Agricultural Chemical Company
The American Agricultural Chemical Company (AACC, est. 1899) was a Connecticut-based conglomerate of industrial producers of phosphate fertilizers. Originally concentrated in the Northern and Eastern US, their business quickly expanded to the Southern States and to Cuba.[1] It became the largest manufacturer of fertilizers in North America, operating the brand "Agrico Fertilizer".[2] In 1963, AACC was acquired by the Continental Oil Company, which in 1966 merged it with another division to create the Agrico Chemical Company (ACC).[2] Williams Companies bought ACC in 1972, sold off many of its assets, and split the company into American and Canadian divisions.[2] The Canadian division became Agrico Canada L.P., and is now owned by Sollio Cooperative Group.[3]
From 1914 until a fire there in around 1954, AACC operated a facility producing superphosphate in Cayce, South Carolina, with a fertilizer storage building, acid chamber building and water reservoir.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "American Agricultural Chemical Company". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Vol. 1 (14 ed.). 1930. pp. 751–752.
- ^ a b c Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech. "American Agricultural Chemical Company". ArchivesSpace.
- ^ Agrico Canada. "Our Roots".
- ^ United States Environmental Protection Agency. "American Agricultural Chemical Company".