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Great Peter Street Gas Works

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Operation

1813


Location

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Located in

London


Produced

Coal Gas, Coke, Coal Tars, Ammonia, Sulphur


Used Raw Materials

Coal


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Description

Began producing coal gas in September 1813 as the first operational public gas works in the world.

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://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/3c478014-712e-43c6-8786-c3b871813664