
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Alexander Parkes 1813-1890 Inventor of the first plastic, worked on this site for Elkington, Mason & Company, electroplaters, circa 1840-1850 Recorded plaque organisation: Birmingham Civic Society.
Alexander Parkes invented the first plastic, known as Parkesine, and worked at Elkington, Mason & Company, where he contributed to advancements in electroplating technology. George Richards Elkington and Sir Josiah Mason were prominent industrialists who founded Elkington, Mason & Company, a leading firm in electroplating innovations during the Victorian era.
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