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By popular demand (!!) here are the set of colour images that I took of Fakenham gasworks, which was built in 1846, finished producing gas in 1965, and is now the only intact one in the country. Interesting place to see - and remarkably small, considering it supplied a whole town with gas.
A gas street lamp (we had these when I was a kid!)
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The calorimeter building, which also housed the offices.
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The retorts:
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You can see the first water tank to cool the gas/tar mix above the retorts.
The retort building and condenser:
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The tar tank is between the condenser and the building behind it.
The retort and pressure control/meter buildings:
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The gasometer. The bottom part was full of water, to seal the rising bell tank; the weight of the tank created the pressure to consumers.
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There used to be two gasometers at Fakenham.
The stop valves:
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Thanks for your interest. Any comments very welcome.
A gas street lamp (we had these when I was a kid!)
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[/IMG]The calorimeter building, which also housed the offices.
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[/IMG]The retorts:
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[/IMG]You can see the first water tank to cool the gas/tar mix above the retorts.
The retort building and condenser:
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[/IMG]The tar tank is between the condenser and the building behind it.
The retort and pressure control/meter buildings:
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[/IMG]The gasometer. The bottom part was full of water, to seal the rising bell tank; the weight of the tank created the pressure to consumers.
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[/IMG]There used to be two gasometers at Fakenham.
The stop valves:
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[/IMG]Thanks for your interest. Any comments very welcome.
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