Fry, S. and Bristow, M. (2020). Gasworks and Gasholders Introductions to Heritage Assets. Fort Cumberland: Historic England. https://doi.org/10.5284/1108693. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Gasworks and Gasholders Introductions to Heritage Assets
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Series:		 Historic England Research Reports
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Abstract:		 Gas works, or sites where gas was manufactured by thermally decomposing fossil fuels and stored in gasholders, were one of the most ubiquitous and widely distributed industrial complexes of the 19th and 20th centuries. Frequently constructed on the edges of urban areas, close to their customers and adjacent to rivers, canals and railways - reflecting both the inability of the early works to transmit gas over large distances and the reliance on a supply of coal – meant that gasworks and gasholders had a considerable visual impact on the landscape. Beginning with the formation of the Gas Light and Coke Company in London in 1812, coal gas manufactured at gasworks in towns, cities and on private estates was transmitted via England’s first energy networks before first nationalisation (1949) and the conversion to natural gas (from 1967), brought about the end of the industry and the clearance of many sites of gas manufacture. In 2020, the physical remains of the manufactured gas industry again face the threat of clearance as the gas networks’ programme of gasholder decommissioning and demolition releases former gasworks sites for residential and commercial redevelopment. This document provides an overview of our understanding of coal gasworks and their attendant low-pressure gasholders, with a particular focus on the building types which survive in part or in full across the country. It provides a brief historical background and chronology of the development of the manufactured gas industry from its origins in the 1790s, through the formation of the industry (1800-1820), its subsequent expansion (1820-1860), regulation (1860-1890), modernisation and rationalisation (1890-1949), nationalisation (1949) and adoption of natural gas (1949-1967).
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Author:		 Sebastian Fry
Matthew Bristow ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Historic England
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Year of Publication:		 2020
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Parish: Lambeth, unparished area
County: Greater London
Country: England
District: Lambeth
Grid Reference: 531045, 177929 (Easting, Northing)
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GAS WORKS (Monument Type England)
GAS HOLDER (Monument Type England)
20TH CENTURY GAS WORKS (Tag)
POST MEDIEVAL GAS HOLDER (Tag)
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20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: nmr1-515981
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Created Date:		 04 Jul 2023