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Originally was two sites side by side, owned by the [[Ratcliff Gas Light & Coke Company]] and the [[East London Gas Light Company]]. http://marysgasbook.blogspot.ca/2009/08/more-fraud-in-wapping.html
 
Originally was two sites side by side, owned by the [[Ratcliff Gas Light & Coke Company]] and the [[East London Gas Light Company]]. http://marysgasbook.blogspot.ca/2009/08/more-fraud-in-wapping.html
  
 
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.
 
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.

Revision as of 12:16, 29 February 2016



Operation

1823 to 1935


Location

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Located in

London


Produced

Gas, Tar, Coke, Ammonia, Sulphur


Used Raw Materials

Coal


|1823 |1875 |Ratcliff Gas Light & Coke Company |-


|1875 |1935 |Commercial Gas Company |-


|1823 |1935 |Coal Gas Industry |-

Description

Originally was two sites side by side, owned by the Ratcliff Gas Light & Coke Company and the East London Gas Light Company. http://marysgasbook.blogspot.ca/2009/08/more-fraud-in-wapping.html

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.