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==Description==
 

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"St Pancras works was built in 1822 at Battlebridge Road, it was closed in 1904 but briefly re-opened in 1907 before finally being dismantled in the same year." (The National Archives)

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/5512fee1-170b-4c5b-82a2-f1f1f8f3a8cd

http://marysgasbook.blogspot.ca/2009/08/stpancras-works-and-its-famous-holders.html


Operation

1822 to 1907


Location

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Located in

London


Produced

Gas, Tar, Coke, Ammonia, Sulphur


Used Raw Materials

Coal


Ownership

From To Owner
1822 1876 Imperial Gas Light & Coke Company
1876 1907 Gas Light & Coke Company


Industry

From To Industry
1822 1907 Coal Gas Industry