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Fareham Gas Works

From Graces Guide

The first gasworks was built on Conigar Coppice. White's water gas process[1] was introduced.

1856 A new gasworks was built in Park Lane/Bath Lane, replacing the original gasworks at Conigar Coppice.

1925 the Fareham Gas and Coke company was taken over by the Gosport gas company. Gas production at Fareham ceased.

Two spiral holders in steel tanks later occupied much of the site, gas from Portsmouth being recompressed towards Gosport.

A supergrid supply arrived via a tunnel driven beneath Fareham Creek.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Not sure what this refers to - Charles E. White patented a "process of making water-gas" but this was not until 1909
  • The Manufactured Gas Industry in England: Volume 3 Gazetteer. Historic England
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