Imperial Gas Light and Coke Co
The Imperial Gas Light and Coke Co served an area from Pimlico to Whitechapel.
1821 Company founded[1] as Imperial Gas Light Co[2]
1827 the company, Imperial Gas Light and Coke Co[3], considered manufacturing chemical by-products and the Directors allocated money for building a tar and ammonia products works at Millwall but the plan never came to fruition[4].
1841 Premises at 33 John St, Bedford Row, and Great Cambridge St, Hackney[5]
1862 Three gasworks:
- The Pancras station, at Battle Bridge near King's Cross
- Hackney Rd Works, Great Cambridge St
- Fulham
1862 Harry Chubb was appointed Secretary of the Imperial Gas Light Co, at a time when that Company was seeking powers for the enlargement of its works.
Mr Haley was the foreman of articifers.
1865/6 tried to enlarge its works at Fulham and erect new works at Bow but was rejected by Parliament on both occasions[6]
1870 Developed gas works at Bromley on the east bank of the River Lea[7]
1873 One of 9 companies supplying gas to the London metropolis[8]
1874 John Field was the accountant.
c.1876 Amalgamated with the Gas Light and Coke Co[9]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The history of the Gas Light and Coke Company, 1812-1949
- ↑ The Times, Jul 15, 1825
- ↑ The Times, Jan 12, 1827
- ↑ Chemicals from Coal, by C A Townsend [1]
- ↑ Post Office London Directory, 1841
- ↑ The Engineer 1870/02/04
- ↑ The Buildings of England, London 5: East. By Bridget Cherry, Charles O'Brien, Nikolaus Pevsner
- ↑ The Times, Aug 28, 1873
- ↑ The Times, Jul 08, 1876