File:Southall Gasometer from Purple Parking security compound - geograph.org.uk - 1178723.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionSouthall Gasometer from Purple Parking security compound - geograph.org.uk - 1178723.jpg |
English: Southall Gasometer from Purple Parking security compound This is the largest of three gas holders on the site.
It is a ridged, waterless holder, 90m high. It was erected in 1930. The other holders on the site are telescopic - the western holder rises to 65m while the middle holder rises to 35m. The gas works begun in 1866 when the Brentford Gas Company purchase 18 acres of the site to construct a gas works. First producing gas in 1869. During its constructin palaeolithic axes and mammoth bones were discovered. The gas works closed in 1973 when the site became a depot for the storage of natural gas. |
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Author | J Taylor |
Attribution (required by the license) InfoField | J Taylor / Southall Gasometer from Purple Parking security compound / |
InfoField | J Taylor / Southall Gasometer from Purple Parking security compound |
Camera location | 51° 30′ 16.19″ N, 0° 23′ 32.9″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.504496; -0.392470 |
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Object location | 51° 30′ 18.1″ N, 0° 23′ 19.4″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.505029; -0.388720 |
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