St. Helens Gasometer
Introduction
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St. Helens Gasometer
Image: © Galatas Taken: 19 Feb 2006
The coking plant at St. Helens gas works, which produced gas from coal, has long since been demolished but the gas holder still dominates the skyline from miles around. (A similar gasometer at Southport has just been demolished.)
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Image Location
Latitude
53.449416
Longitude
-2.721734