IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Gas Works Road, BIGGAR, ML12 6BZ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Gas Works Road, ML12 6BZ by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (312 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Burn Braes Park, Biggar
Looking towards the Gas Works Museum.
Image: © Elliott Simpson
Taken: 11 Sep 2006
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Biggar Gasworks Museum
Another view showing the externally guided gas holder - sometimes called a gasometer although strictly that is a device for measuring gas. Modern gas holders were self-supporting and spirally guided, thus they lacked an external frame.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 2 Jul 1994
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Biggar Gasworks Museum
The retort house. Coal was heated anaerobically and the resultant gas passed up the ascension pipes to the hydraulic main across the top. The coal residue was then known as coke and could be burnt as a smokeless fuel.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 2 Jul 1994
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Biggar Gasworks Museum, Biggar
The museum entrance is on the left by the building marked as gas showrooms. This was out of season and the site was not open (curses).
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 16 Oct 2010
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Bridge and Burn
A large stream which runs through Biggar.
Image: © Colin Kinnear
Taken: 29 Jan 2010
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Entrance, Biggar Gasworks Museum
A wonderful museum displaying the way coal gas was manufactured for local supply.
Image: © Jim Barton
Taken: 10 Jul 2009
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Biggar Gasworks Museum
Sadly closed on this occasion as it was out of season. This is one of three preserved coal gas works preserved in the UK and includes two small gasholders as well as horizontal retorts.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 16 Oct 2010
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Biggar Gasworks Museum
The video showing a similar small gasworks operating near the end of the 1970s is a real eye-opener: burning coal unloaded into open barrows and the retorts recharged by skilfully thrown shovelfuls of coal, all done without hard hats or other protective gear.
Image: © Jim Barton
Taken: 10 Jul 2009
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Biggar Gasworks Museum
A wonderful old-fashioned 'Gas Showrooms' sign at the museum entrance.
Image: © Jim Barton
Taken: 25 Nov 2018
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Master gas meter, Biggar Gasworks Museum
The meter measuring the gas output from the works into the town's gas main system. As well as displaying an extremely important measurement, the decorated face of the meter dial is an unexpected thing of beauty in the functional surroundings.
Image: © Jim Barton
Taken: 10 Jul 2009
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