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West Ham Gas Works

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Operation

1846


Location

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Located in

London


Produced

Gas, Tar, Coke, Ammonia, Sulphur


Used Raw Materials

Coal


|1846 |1910 |West Ham Gas Company |-


|1910 |1949 |Gas Light & Coke Company |-


|1949 |The date "{{{to_date}}}" was not understood.The date "{{{to_date}}}" was not understood. |North Thames Gas Board |-


|1846 |The date "{{{to_date}}}" was not understood.The date "{{{to_date}}}" was not understood. |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