page_title: Union Sulphur Company
section_title: Brimstone Railroad & Canal Co.
hierarchical_section_title: Union Sulphur Company / Brimstone Railroad & Canal Co.
caption_attribution_description: English: Union Sulphur Co. colorized B&amp;W photo of railcars transporting sulphur from mines to Union Sulphur Co. wharf at Sabine.
context_page_description: The Union Sulphur Company was an American sulfur mining corporation founded in 1896 by the famous inventor Herman Frasch. It utilized the Frasch Process to extract previously inaccessible sulfur deposits located beneath swampland in Louisiana. The Union Sulphur Company dominated the world sulfur market until its patents expired in 1908. Its success led to the development of the present-day city of Sulphur, Louisiana. After its sulfur patents expired, the company transitioned into oil and natural gas production and was renamed the Union Sulphur & Oil Company and later the Union Oil & Gas Corporation.
  During World War I, the company was a critical source of sulfur for the U.S. war effort. During World War II, the company operated at least twenty-seven Liberty Ships and was awarded a War Service Flag.
  In 1960, the company merged with the Texas Natural Gas Corporation to form the Union Texas Natural Gas Corporation. In 1962, Union Texas was acquired by Allied Chemical Corporation. Through a series of transactions, the Union Texas division eventually became part of multinational energy company BP.
context_section_description: On May 27, 1905, executives of the Union Sulphur Co. incorporated the Brimstone Railroad and Canal Company in Louisiana.  The company was formed to build a railroad to run the seven miles from the mines to junctions that connected with the Southern Pacific Railway (now called the Southern Pacific Transportation Company) and the Kansas City Southern Railway.  The Brimstone Railroad company had three locomotives and 106 cars.  It also owned the Sabine River Canal, which provided a shipping channel to the Sabine River and Sabine Lake, and from there into the Gulf of Mexico.
caption: Railcars transporting sulphur from the mines.
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