Manchester Gas Works
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