Bustybank Gasworks
From Graces Guide
A small gasworks which provided a public gas supply to Burnopfield.
1894 ".... lamps be installed and lighted as soon as possible; and that be ... complete. Your committee interviewed the owner of Burnopfield gasworks, ... (Mr Wigham) agree to supply gas, manage the lighting of Burnopfield ..." [1]
1896 Recorded on the OS map
1902 "A meeting is to held at the Black Horse Inn, Burnopfield, to consider the question of the Burnopfield Gasworks and plant. According to the notice issued, the present owner is desirous of ascertaining if the consumers would form ...[2]
1909 Acquired by the Durham and Northumberland Power Station Co. (sic)
By 1919 presumably closed as it did not feature on the OS map
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Sources of Information
- The Manufactured Gas Industry in England: Volume 3 Gazetteer. Historic England