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+ | Gas works were used to produce and store flammable [[coal]] gas. [[Coal]] was mined in Britain and then shipped on a barge up rivers or on trains to the gas works. There it was burned to create the gas, which was then purified and put into the gas holders until needed for consumer use to light streets and buildings. The process also created [[coke]], [[tar]], [[ammonia]], and [[sulphur]] as by-products. | ||
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Revision as of 14:12, 12 May 2016
"the gasworks, whose premises were gradually expanded westward until they eventually occupied all of the land to the west of Ladbroke Grove between the railway and the canal," http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol37/pp333-339
Gas works were used to produce and store flammable coal gas. Coal was mined in Britain and then shipped on a barge up rivers or on trains to the gas works. There it was burned to create the gas, which was then purified and put into the gas holders until needed for consumer use to light streets and buildings. The process also created coke, tar, ammonia, and sulphur as by-products.
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Operation
1845
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Produced
Gas, Tar, Coke, Ammonia, Sulphur
Used Raw Materials
Ownership
From | To | Owner |
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1845 | 1872 | Western Gas Company |
1872 | The date "{{{to_date}}}" was not understood.The date "{{{to_date}}}" was not understood. | Gas Light & Coke Company |
Industry
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1845 | The date "{{{to_date}}}" was not understood.The date "{{{to_date}}}" was not understood. | Coal Gas Industry |