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1907 Photos showing Rochdale Road gasworks [https://images.manchester.gov.uk/collections/5cd15d41-4043-3ef3-8040-3fcb8cf62c6f/?s%3Dworks&pos=32 here]<ref>[https://images.manchester.gov.uk/collections/5cd15d41-4043-3ef3-8040-3fcb8cf62c6f/?s%3Dworks&pos=32] Manchester City Council local images collection: image m59086: Gas Works, Rochdale Road Gas Works, in Gould Street, Manchester</ref> and [https://images.manchester.gov.uk/collections/d32696c2-19e7-390d-a1da-bb7d4a2ab364/?s%3Dworks&pos=69 here]. | 1907 Photos showing Rochdale Road gasworks [https://images.manchester.gov.uk/collections/5cd15d41-4043-3ef3-8040-3fcb8cf62c6f/?s%3Dworks&pos=32 here]<ref>[https://images.manchester.gov.uk/collections/5cd15d41-4043-3ef3-8040-3fcb8cf62c6f/?s%3Dworks&pos=32] Manchester City Council local images collection: image m59086: Gas Works, Rochdale Road Gas Works, in Gould Street, Manchester</ref> and [https://images.manchester.gov.uk/collections/d32696c2-19e7-390d-a1da-bb7d4a2ab364/?s%3Dworks&pos=69 here]. | ||
1908 Photo [https://images.manchester.gov.uk/collections/80216265-8821-3a79-88ad-3894cebc3bad/?s%3Dworks%26page%3D3&pos=54 here] showing preparations for foundations of an enormous gasholder <ref>[https://images.manchester.gov.uk/collections/80216265-8821-3a79-88ad-3894cebc3bad/?s%3Dworks%26page%3D3&pos=54] Manchester City Council images collection. Image No. m59064</ref> | |||
1920 Manchester Corporation Gas Department was a user of the [[Sentinel|Sentinel Steam Wagon]]<ref>The Times Oct. 19, 1920</ref> | 1920 Manchester Corporation Gas Department was a user of the [[Sentinel|Sentinel Steam Wagon]]<ref>The Times Oct. 19, 1920</ref> | ||
Revision as of 18:27, 11 October 2024
1807 Gas lighting was introduced in Manchester
1844 Control of the gas undertaking passed to the Corporation
By 1894 the Corporation owned 4 gas stations: Gaythorn, Rochdale Road, Bradford Road, and Droylsden.
1901 Photo of Rochdale Road gas booster engines running here[1]. Three 1880s Mather and Platt vertical engines in the foreground, one two-cylinder horizontal engine in background. See here and here for 1901 photos showing foundation for a large gasholder [2]
1907 Photos showing Rochdale Road gasworks here[3] and here.
1908 Photo here showing preparations for foundations of an enormous gasholder [4]
1920 Manchester Corporation Gas Department was a user of the Sentinel Steam Wagon[5]
1929 The Partington Works were opened. The gas department had four stations: Rochdale Road, Bradford Road, Droylsden and Partington.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ [1] Manchester City Council local images collection: image m59081, Gas Works, Rochdale Road Gas Works, Manchester, 1901
- ↑ Manchester City Council local images collection: images m74744 & m74746
- ↑ [2] Manchester City Council local images collection: image m59086: Gas Works, Rochdale Road Gas Works, in Gould Street, Manchester
- ↑ [3] Manchester City Council images collection. Image No. m59064
- ↑ The Times Oct. 19, 1920