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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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==Description==
 
==Description==
The Bankside gas works were built in 1814 as the first gas works south of the Thames (The National Archives).
 
 
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.
 
 
 
http://marysgasbook.blogspot.ca/2009/08/bankside.html
 
 
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/c884d77b-6c01-4c1b-98d1-92ffb0120e5d
 

Revision as of 13:44, 12 May 2016


The Bankside gas works were built in 1814 as the first gas works south of the Thames (The National Archives).

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.


http://marysgasbook.blogspot.ca/2009/08/bankside.html

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/c884d77b-6c01-4c1b-98d1-92ffb0120e5d


Operation

1814 to 1938


Location

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Located in

London


Produced

Gas, Tar, Coke, Ammonia, Sulphur


Used Raw Materials

Coal


Ownership

From To Owner
1814 1821 Monro and Evans
1821 1824 South London Gas Company
1824 1880 Phoenix Gas Company
1880 1938 South Metropolitan Gas Company


Industry

From To Industry
1814 1938 Coal Gas Industry


Description