Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Wolverhampton Gas Co

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1819 – Wolverhampton Gas Light Company established.

1821 – Horseley Field Works commence production.

1847 - Wolverhampton New Gas Company merged with the Wolverhampton Gaslight Company. Act to enlarge powers of the Wolverhampton Gas Light Co. and authorize union with the Wolverhampton New Gas Co.

1852 – Act repealing Wolverhampton Gas Act 1847 and reconstituting the company with Additional Powers.

1862 – World altitude record of over six miles was set by James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell in a balloon filled with coal gas.

John Annan was Chief Engineer.

1866 - Probably the greatest display of street lighting took place in 1866 when Queen Victoria came to Wolverhampton to unveil the statue of Prince Albert.

1880 – Gas showroom built in Darlington Street, Wolverhampton.

1893 - Act (as amended in Committee) for conferring further powers on Wolverhampton Gas Co.

1900 – Stafford Road works extended.

1901 – Horseley Field works close.

1949 – Nationalised as part of West Midlands Gas Board [1]

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