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Rotherhithe Gas Works

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Operation

1851 to 1959


Location

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Located in

London


Produced

Gas, Tar, Coke, Ammonia, Sulphur


Used Raw Materials

Coal


|1851 |1879 |Surrey Consumer Gas Company |-


|1879 |1959 |South Metropolitan Gas Company |-


|1851 |1959 |Coal Gas Industry |-

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

https://books.google.ca/books?id=xCxxAwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT156&ots=3PCNv1SOWH&dq=surrey%20branch%20gas%20works&pg=PT156#v=onepage&q=surrey%20branch%20gas%20works&f=false

https://books.google.ca/books?id=UgcHBtYPYy0C&lpg=PA120&ots=R0j-DluCSM&dq=rotherhithe%20gas%20works&pg=PA120#v=onepage&q&f=false