Battersea gasworks
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Battersea gasworks
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 28 May 2008
There are three conventional gasometers, the latticework of the supports of one of which can be seen on the right, and this fixed sky blue tower structure, on the Battersea gasworks site. The three gasometers show up for the first time on the online available Ordnance Survey mapping of 1896, but this tower does not definitely appear until the 1938 Edition. Can any expert enlighten us at to its function?
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Image Location
Latitude
51.478204
Longitude
-0.146691