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{{Factory
|started_operation=1846
|has_coordinates=51.53359, -0.00198
|is_in=London
|produced=Gas, Tar, Coke, Ammonia, Sulphur
|raw_material=Coal
}}
{{Ownership record
|from_date=1846
|to_date=1910
|was_owned_by=West Ham Gas Company
}}
{{Ownership record
|from_date=1910
|to_date=1949
|was_owned_by=Gas Light & Coke Company
}}
{{Ownership record
|from_date=1949
|was_owned_by=North Thames Gas Board
}}
{{Industry record
|from_date=1846
|was_part_of_industry=Coal Gas Industry
}}
==Description==
"Its works, at Stratford, were still open in 1965." http://www.newhamstory.com/node/1874

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://thevictorianist.blogspot.ca/2010/11/london-gas-works-1895.html