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Deptford Gas Works

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Operation

1836


Location

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Located in

London


Produced

Gas, Tar, Coke, Ammonia, Sulphur


Used Raw Materials

Coal


|1836 |1838 |Greenwich Railway Gas Company |-


|1838 |1855 |Deptford Gas Light And Coke Company |-


|1855 |The date "{{{to_date}}}" was not understood.The date "{{{to_date}}}" was not understood. |Surrey Consumers Gas Company |-


|1836 |The date "{{{to_date}}}" was not understood.The date "{{{to_date}}}" was not understood. |Coal Gas Industry |-

Description

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/greenwich-railway-gas-works.html

http://marysgasbook.blogspot.ca/2009/08/deptford-bermondsey-and-rotherhithe-gas.html

http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=usaskmain&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=&docId=CS50498690&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 sale to Surrey Consumer Gas Company