Bristol Avon Street Gasworks
The St. Phillip's works, Avon Street, Bristol
These were the second gasworks of the Bristol Gas Light Co
1821 The foundation stone was laid and the production was sufficient in July 1821 for the Temple Back gasworks to close. The coal store was alongside Harbour, also a boat bay on the feeder just above Marsh Bridge. The site was divided in three by Avon Street and Silverthorne Street.
1891 The name of the parent company was changed to The Bristol Gas Company.
1919 A CWG plant was built.
1933 A plan shows the site having three horizontal retort houses opposite the junction with Silverthorne Lane with the early retort house being used as a cooker Store.
By 1945 all three gas holders (one of them for CWG) were ranged along the Gas Street boundary .
1948 nationalisation
1949 Vested in the South Western Gas Board. Production ceased.
See Also
Sources of Information
- The Manufactured Gas Industry in England: Volume 3 Gazetteer. Historic England