Coal Gas Industry

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

Coal

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.

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