Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 173,492 pages of information and 249,856 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
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1865 The Gainford gasworks were built. They were privately owned.
1949 Vested in the Northern Gas Board from the Gainford Gasworks.
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