Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,364 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
1807 Gas lighting was introduced in Manchester
1844 Control of the gas undertaking passed to the Corporation
By 1894 the Corporation owned 4 gas stations: Gaythorn, Rochdale Road, Bradford Road, and Droylsden.
1929 The Partington Works were opened. The gas department had four stations: Rochdale Road, Bradford Road, Droylsden and Partington.
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