Standard Fireworks Factory, Crosland Moor
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- also known as: Black Cat Fireworks
- location: Crosland Moor
- status: partially exists
- category: factory
Standard Fireworks was established in 1891 by James Greenhalgh and opened a site at Crosland Moor in 1910.
During the First World War it manufactured munitions. An explosion at the site on 6 May 1918 killed assistant inspector Louie Fethney.
The site was purchased by Black Cat Fireworks in 1998.
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