City of Durham Gas Co
From Graces Guide
of Durham
1823 The city was first lit with gas from a private gasworks in the city centre.
1856 The City of Durham Gas Co. was formed. The city centre gasworks were replaced with a gasworks located on the side of the River Wear at Framwellgate
1873 Company incorporated.
1908 Directors: J. Coward (Chairman), C. Rowlandson (Vice-Chairman), G. Chapman, M. Hayton, J. Mawson, R. Ord, and J. Willan. Secretary: T. M. Waller.
1914 Alf B. Tobey resigned as engineer to move to Australia.[1]
1941 Gas making ceased in favour of a supply from Brancepeth Coke Ovens.
The Framwellgate site was retained as a gasholder station.
A single gasholder survived until at least 1990 but has since been cleared.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough - Friday 23 January 1914
- The Manufactured Gas Industry in England: Volume 3 Gazetteer. Historic England