Old Gas Works Gates and Plaque at Asda
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Old Gas Works Gates and Plaque at Asda
Image: © P Flannagan Taken: 20 Nov 2012
The inscription on the plaque in the photograph is "OUR HERITAGE PORTADOWN GAS WORKS GATES ERECTED ON THIS SITE 1846 REFURBISHED BY H.TROUTON AND R.MAGEE FOR EDENDERRY CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND GENEROUSLY RELOCATED BY ASDA" Gas was supplied for street lighting and domestic purposes by the Portadown Gas Light and Electricity Co. Despite their title, electrictity never was generated. The gas was produced by heating coal in retorts. It was then cleaned and piped to a large storage gasometer which rose and fell according to the volume. From thence it was piped throughout the town in underground metal pipes. Coke and Creosote were the by-products. Coke was in great demand for firing solid fuel central heating plants in public buildings. Under its old name, Gas Light Co; gas was produced since 1846.
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Image Location
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54.426926
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-6.435017