Gas works chimney
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Gas works chimney
Image: © James Allan Taken: 15 May 2012
The chimney here was part of the gas works at Stanley Mills, producing coal gas which replaced wax candles for lighting in the extremely fire-hazardous atmosphere of a cotton mill.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.479131
Longitude
-3.439745