Kent Road sewer gas lamp
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The photograph on this page of Kent Road sewer gas lamp by Martin Speck as part of the Geograph project.
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Kent Road sewer gas lamp
Image: © Martin Speck Taken: 17 Aug 2010
A Webb Patent Sewer Gas Destructor Lamp on Kent Road at the junction with Nicholson Road. Many cities had these lamps. Sheffield had 84 of them installed between 1915 and 1935. At least 22 are known to have survived to modern times with many of them being listed.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.358257
Longitude
-1.466719