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Spa Road, BOLTON, BL1 4AG

The Corporation's first electricity power station in Spa Road was opened by Alderman John Miles J.P. in 1894.

- Fire Watcher's Post EDoB ID: e47088 Image

- Fire Watcher's Post EDoB ID: e47088 Overlooking the former gasworks, a key Luftwaffe target, it was designated Target Area No. 40 (on their list of 'things to do'). Image

The huge pit behind the fence is all that remains of one of the three historic gasometers on Spa Road (Image]) which have recently disappeared from the Bolton skyline. The National Grid began work in January 2016 to remove the gas holders as part of a national programme to regenerate old sites and put them to more productive use in the future. Nationally, gas holders were used to store coal gas or 'town gas' and later natural gas but improvements in the network mean that gas can now be kept in the pipe system or underground, with gas holders no longer needed for its storage. It is currently unclear what the site, which supplied gas across Bolton but has been not been used for several years, will be used for in the future. The Bolton Gas Light and Coke Co was first formed in 1818, and a small site works was built in Forge Street, later known as Gas Street. The site at Gas Street later became the main gas making works in Bolton. In 1886 a major reconstruction took place at the works, and adjoining land was acquired in order to expand. http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/14182464.Iconic_gasometers_to_disappear_from_Bolton_s_skyline/?ref=mr&lp=8 The Bolton News

The three historic gasometers on Spa Road (Image]) have recently disappeared from the Bolton skyline as the National Grid began work in January 2016 to remove the gas holders as part of a national programme to regenerate old sites and put them to more productive use in the future. Nationally, gas holders were used to store coal gas or 'town gas' and later natural gas but improvements in the network mean that gas can now be kept in the pipe system or underground, with gas holders no longer needed for its storage. It is currently unclear what the site, which supplied gas across Bolton but has been not been used for several years, will be used for in the future. The Bolton Gas Light and Coke Co was first formed in 1818, and a small site works was built in Forge Street, later known as Gas Street. The site at Gas Street later became the main gas making works in Bolton. In 1886 a major reconstruction took place at the works, and adjoining land was acquired in order to expand. http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/14182464.Iconic_gasometers_to_disappear_from_Bolton_s_skyline/?ref=mr&lp=8 The Bolton News

These are the remaining evidence of Bolton's main municipal gasworks.

Large gas holders on Spa Road to the west of Bolton Town centre.

The trees also form the boundary of the sports pitches in Queen's Park.