Description and History of Site:-
The Kingston-upon-Hull Gas Light Company works were built in 1821 on a site on Broadley Street, south of the Queen's Dock. This was the first Hull gas supplier. Originally an oil-gas operation, converting whale oil to illuminating gas, it was converted to a coal-gas plant in 1830. This was partly due to competition from the British Gas Light Company who had built a coal-gas works in Sculcoates in 1824 (EYK00069). The Broadley Street gasworks supplied the old town area until the late 1890's. The works were bought by the Hull Corporation in 1896 and immediately demolished. It was thought inappropriate for a prosperous city to maintain an old gasworks in what was by then the heart of the city centre when gas could readily be supplied by the other companies in more outlying areas. The Corporation used the site for their new Guildhall, civic offices, and law courts, built 1906-1914.

Further Reading and References:-
Ward, C., 'A History of the Hull Gas Supply Industry', Humberside College of Further Education, Hull, 1988.

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Key Words :- gasworks

Address :- Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, East Yorkshire, HU1 2AE
Grid Ref :- TA 0997 2884
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.744346 , Long -0.333996
Local Authority :- Hull City Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - East Riding
Site Status :- Site demolished or no longer extant
Site Condition :- Site redeveloped to industrial / commercial use
Site Dates :- 1821 - 1896
Record Date :- 12 November 2019

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