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Imperial Gas Light & Coke Company began in 1821 with gas works set up in Shoreditch, St Pancras, and Fulham by 1824 and new works built at Bromley-by-Bow in the early 1870s. A gas holder built in 1830 on the Fulham site is still standing today, the oldest known gas holder in the world. Imperial Gas Light & Coke Company became the leading gas company in London and merged with Gas Light & Coke Company in 1876 to form an even larger company. As electricity became more prominent, the use of coal gas diminished, and the discovery and use of natural gas put the coal gas industry out of business (Pedroche 2013).
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Gas works were used to produce and store flammable gas. [[Coal]] was largely mined in Britain but also shipped in from [[Russia]], [[Germany]], [[Sweden]], and [[Norway]]. The coal was shipped in on a barge up the river or on trains and then burned to create the gas, which was then purified and put into the gas holders until needed for consumer use. The process also created [[coke]], [[tar]], [[ammonia]], and [[sulphur]] as by-products.
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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.
  
Imperial Gas Light & Coke Company produced gas used for lighting homes and streets and were also suppliers of gas for the occasional hot air balloon.
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Imperial Gas Light & Coke Company were also suppliers of gas for the occasional hot air balloon.
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51.47623, -0.18601 and 51.47692, -0.186 [[Fulham Gas Works]]
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51.53426, -0.12642 [[Pancras Gas Works]]
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51.5226, -0.00443 [[Bromley by Bow Gas Works]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:50, 12 May 2016

Imperial Gas Light & Coke Company began in 1821 with gas works set up in Shoreditch, St Pancras, and Fulham by 1824 and new works built at Bromley-by-Bow in the early 1870s. A gas holder built in 1830 on the Fulham site is still standing today, the oldest known gas holder in the world. Imperial Gas Light & Coke Company became the leading gas company in London and merged with Gas Light & Coke Company in 1876 to form an even larger company. As electricity became more prominent, the use of coal gas diminished, and the discovery and use of natural gas put the coal gas industry out of business (Pedroche 2013).

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.

Imperial Gas Light & Coke Company were also suppliers of gas for the occasional hot air balloon.

51.47623, -0.18601 and 51.47692, -0.186 Fulham Gas Works

51.53352, -0.0606 and 51.53421, -0.06807 Shoreditch Gas Works

51.53426, -0.12642 Pancras Gas Works

51.5226, -0.00443 Bromley by Bow Gas Works

https://books.google.ca/books?id=xCxxAwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT131&ots=3PALy3VRYz&dq=Imperial%20Gas%20Works&pg=PT131#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=usaskmain&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=&docId=CS100972170&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasworks

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http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1862/03/21


Operation

1821 to 1876


Located in

London