22-05-2022 16:01 via ianvisits.co.uk

Guided tours of the Bromley-by-Bow Gasworks

Next month, there’s a very rare chance to go on a tour of the decommissioned gasholders that dominate the view from the trains passing through West Ham station.
Bromley-by-Bow Gasworks (c) Newham Heritage Month
The gasworks was established here by the Imperial Gas Imperial Gas Light & Coke Company in 1870. However, changes to the way gas is supplied to homes and businesses led to most of the original site being redeveloped, and the gasholders being decommissioned later in 2010.
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