Editing Runcorn (section)

===Second World War===
[[File:Type 24 pillbox in Runcorn.jpg|thumb|A Second World War [[Pillbox (military)|pillbox]] fortification near the Rocksavage works.]]
In 1937, [[Imperial Chemical Industries|ICI]] began to build a new factory for [[mustard gas]] production at their Randle plant on [[Wigg Island]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTLZkBuAZSsC |title=The X Site: Britain's Most Mysterious Government Facility |isbn=9780952275558 |last1=Jones |first1=Tim |year=2000 |publisher=Gwasg Helygain |location=Rhyl}}</ref> The ICI chemical plants at Runcorn featured in the Gestapo [[The Black Book (list)|Black Book]] as a company of special interest but although the works at Weston Point were discussed at ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' briefings in 1940, the town was never deliberately targeted and was subject only to very limited bombing.<ref>{{Harvnb|Starkey|1990|p=219.}}</ref>