Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 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.
1824 Two parishes in Hull entered contracts with the company to light them with coal gas[1]
By 1837 The British Gas Light and Coke Co had obtained a monopoly on gas supply.
1839 The Commercial Gas Light and Coke Co bought the British Gas Company's London district for a knockdown figure. Deed of settlement, 1839.
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