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.
1894 The Bradford Road works was visited by members of the IMechE, and aspects of the equipment were described in Engineering 1894/07/27. At that time there were four gasholders, each 153 ft. in diameter. They were telescopic, in three lifts, each lift being 33 ft. deep, and had a total storage capacity of 7,000,000 cubic feet. A gasholder of much larger dimensions was being constructed, with the object of making good the deficiency at Rochdale-road, as well as providing increased storage room at Bradford-road. This gasholder, which, together with its tank, had been designed by G. E. Stevenson, would 250 ft. in diameter and have three lifts, each 50 ft. deep. It will contain the same quantity of gas as the four existing holders, i.e. 7,000,000 cubic feet.
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