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1853 The Gas Company was formed
By 1855 it was providing public gas lighting
Operated between 1880 and 1925 as the Havant Gas Company.
1926 Havant gasworks closed, having become part of the Portsea Island Gas Light Company and received a bulk gas supply from Portsmouth.
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