Phoenix Gas Co
1814/6 Gas works at Bankside - the first on the south bank of the Thames - started operation
1821 The South London Gas Co acquired the Bankside gasworks.
1824 The Phoenix Gas Light and Coke Company was established by Act of Parliament.
1824 The company changed its name to the Phoenix Gas Co[1]. Acquired the Bankside works.
1840 New retort house opened.
1847 Purchased the Vauxhall works from the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Co, situated between Vauxhall Bridge and the River Effra.
1848 Had branch works at Greenwich.
1848 Opened extensive new gas works at the South-eastern end of Vauxhall Bridge.
1864 The Vauxhall works were extended west of the river.
1873 One of 9 companies supplying gas to the London metropolis.[2]
1881 After many years of keen rivalry, the Phoenix Company was merged with the South Metropolitan Gas Co, the operations of which are thus considered to date back one hundred years from 1924 though, as a matter of fact, it itself was not formed till five years later than its rival, namely in 1829[3][4]. Sir Corbet Woodall was Engineer at both sites between 1869 and 1880.
1938 The Bankside property was sold as the East Greenwich and other gas works provided the capacity needed.
1949 The gas industry was nationalised
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1] National Archives