The Old Gasworks - Britannia Street - Shepshed, Leicestershire
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member SMacB
N 52° 46.332 W 001° 17.537
30U E 615203 N 5848297
Marker for the old Shepshed Gas and Coke Company on Britannia Street.
Waymark Code: WMTVN3
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/11/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member MeerRescue
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A plaque built into the front of a building that used to house the Sheepshead Gas and Coke Company Limited, and dated 1858. The building has recently been refurbished and is now Gasworks Hair Salon.

The plaque reads:

1858
Sheepshead
Gas and Coke Company
Limited
T. Atkins and Son engineers

Note the old spelling of Shepshed.
Type of Historic Marker: Plaque

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