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==Description==
 
==Description==
“The Western Gas Light Co. was a statutory company set up in 1845. The works was situated at Ladbroke Grove, in Kensal Green, between the Regents Canal and the railway. The company was taken over by the Gas Light & Coke Co. in 1872” (The National Archives).
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“The Western Gas Light Co. was a statutory company set up in 1845. The works was situated at Ladbroke Grove, in Kensal Green, between the Regents Canal and the railway. The company was taken over by the [[Gas Light & Coke Company]] in 1872” (The National Archives).
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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.
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Gas works were used to produce and store flammable gas. [[Coal]] was largely mined in Britain but also shipped in from [[Russia]], [[Germany]], [[Sweden]], and [[Norway]]. The coal was shipped in on a barge up the canal and then burned to create the gas, which was then purified and put into the gas holders until needed for consumer use. The process also created [[coke]], [[tar]], [[ammonia]], and [[sulphur]] as by-products.
 
  
 
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51.52578, -0.21649, 51.52623, -0.219 [[Kensal Gas Works]]
  
 
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Revision as of 10:46, 18 January 2016



Operation

1845 to 1872


Located in

London

Description

“The Western Gas Light Co. was a statutory company set up in 1845. The works was situated at Ladbroke Grove, in Kensal Green, between the Regents Canal and the railway. The company was taken over by the Gas Light & Coke Company in 1872” (The National Archives).

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.


51.52578, -0.21649, 51.52623, -0.219 Kensal Gas Works

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