Gloucester Gas Light Co
of The Quay, Gloucester and later at Hempsted
1820 Commenced on The Quay.
1872 Purchased a site at Hempsted. The bricks used to construct the gasworks there were made from clay excavated from the site.
1878 Moved to new premises at Hempsted. Two GH were originally built, one each on either side of the entrance road to the works. There were two HR house (the 2nd built after 1902), both mechanised with West compressed air plant. The purifiers were built in open sided sheds.
1890 built premises on Eastgate Street.
1897 Employed 93 persons.[1]
1908 Directors: R. V. Vassar-Smith (Chairman), J. Jones (Deputy-Chairman), G. Aldridge, H. W. Bruton, J. M. Collett, T. S. Ellis, and H. W. Grimes. Engineer: W. S. Morland. Secretary: W. E. Vinson.
By 1923 a rail siding had been built
By 1936 a 3rd GH had been added.
1949 Vested in South Western Gas Board as part of the Gloucester Gas Light Company.
By 1956 a range of experimental gas-making plant had been built at the site. These included a Jones oil gas plant, Hall oil gas plant, Gas Intergrale plant, Koppers Hasche plant and Gastechnic Purifiers; each plant had its own associated GH. More conventional CVR were also installed.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Gloucester Journal - Saturday 27 February 1897
- The Manufactured Gas Industry in England: Volume 3 Gazetteer. Historic England