Difference between revisions of "Rotherhithe Gas Works"
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| + | The Rotherhithe Gas Works were built in 1851 (Pedroche). Under the South Metropolitan Gas Light and Coke Company, the works at Rotherhithe were “extended to 6.5 acres including a frontage to the Lower Pool. After the Second World War, the capacity of the works rose to 9.6 million cubic feet per day” (Burland 120). | ||
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| + | http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/555e7faa-75c2-4385-8687-a5033f2d9633 | ||
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Revision as of 11:59, 11 January 2016
Operation
1851 to 1959
Location
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Located in
Produced
Gas, Tar, Coke, Ammonia, Sulphur
Used Raw Materials
|1851 |1879 |Surrey Consumer Gas Company |-
|1879 |1959 |South Metropolitan Gas Company |-
|1851
|1959
|Coal Gas Industry
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Description
The Rotherhithe Gas Works were built in 1851 (Pedroche). Under the South Metropolitan Gas Light and Coke Company, the works at Rotherhithe were “extended to 6.5 acres including a frontage to the Lower Pool. After the Second World War, the capacity of the works rose to 9.6 million cubic feet per day” (Burland 120).
51.50281, -0.04843, 51.50046, -0.050175
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/555e7faa-75c2-4385-8687-a5033f2d9633