Coal Gas Industry
From London's Ghost Acres
Products
Coal Gas, Coke, Coal Tars, Ammonia, Sulphur, road tar phenol, cresols, xylenols, naphthalene, pyridine bases, creosote, benzene, toluene, xylene, solvent naphtha, ammonium sulphate solution, ammonia solution, sulphuric acid, picolines, quinoline, quinaldine, acenaphthene, anthracene, dicyclopentadiene
Raw Materials
Description
Very large industry in London producing the gas used to light the city and increasingly for domestic consumption. Coke was another primary product, used in steel production. By products include coal tars and ammonia, used by the chemical industry.
Coal gas was often the first form of illumination to replace oil lamps and candles across the United Kingdom. London was no exception, and the gas works in the city were some of the largest industrial sites by acreage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_gas
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Category:Gasworks
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1862/03/21
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1862/03/28
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1862/04/04
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1862/04/11
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beckton_Gas_Works
Source: http://www.glias.org.uk/Chemicals_from_Coal/INDEX.HTM