Lattice Gas Holder - Remnant - Greenwich, London, Great Britain.
N 51° 29.773 E 000° 00.294
31U E 292105 N 5709262
A disused, now preserved, 1886 lattice type, Edwardian Gas Holder, a remnant of a former Gas Works. Located near the Millennium Dome in East Greenwich, Docklands, London.
Waymark Code: WMYTND
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/23/2018
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"The East Greenwich Gas Works of the South Metropolitan Gas Company was the last gas works to be built in London, and the most modern.
Originally manufacturing town gas from coal brought in by river and exporting coke and chemicals, the plant was adapted to produce gas from oil in the 1960s.The Gas works closed in 1976, nothing remains but a single gas holder, built in 1886."
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Usage: Not in use
Type of gasometer: Telescoping
Building year: 1886 - 1888
What year usage ended!: 1976
Shape of the gasometer: Cylinder
Hight: 80 feet