Key Words :- gasholder

Viewing the Site :- nearby streets and park

Address :- Rotherhithe, London, Greater London
Grid Ref :- TQ 35580 79991
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.5026 , Long -0.04801
Local Authority :- Southwark London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- London
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Condition :- Site derelict - some buildings remaining
Site Dates :- 1855 -

Description and History of Site:-
Originally built by Stephen Hutchinson in 1849, opening in 1855. There were at one time three gasholders.

Taken over by the South Metropolitan Gas Company in the 1870s. Closed in 1959. Under threat of demolition as part of Telford Homes' redevelopment of the site.

Sturt (1980): 'Site acquired by the Surrey Consumers Gas Company c.1850. One holder remains on site; production ceased 1959.'

No. 3 4 lifts rebuilt 1955
--The original holder was built in 1897 with five lifts.

SELIA (1982): 'This is the works of the Surrey Consumers’ Gas Co., founded in 1849, which amalgamated with the South Metropolitan Gas Co. in 1879. Maximum daily gas production was 9.5m. cubic ft. obtained from horizontal retorts, built 1851-60, and a producer gas plant. Gas manufacture ceased in April 1959. The most substantial structure remaining on the site is a holder of recent construction.'

Further Reading and References:-
Sturt, Brian. 'Low Pressure Gas Storage'. London's Industrial Archaeology No 2 [1980]
http://www.glias.org.uk/journals/2-b.pdf
Goldsmiths College Industrial Archaeology Group. 'The Industrial Archaeology of South-East London'. SELIA, 1982

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