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9th May 2024 VII
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On January 4th 1973 Biggar Gasworks ceased production, eventually becoming a museum.
For more than 130 years, from 1839, Biggar Gasworks made coal gas for the town and surrounding district. It was one of the first small-town gasworks to open in Scotland, and among the last to close, hence I am including it in our anniversaries.
In the 1780s, Archibald Cochrane 9th Earl of Dundonald, came across coal gas while heating coal to obtain tar, for use in preserving ships’ timbers. He was able to use this ‘waste product’ to light some rooms in his home at Culross, Fife. Experimenting with coal gas was one thing. Solving the technical and
commercial problems of creating a large-scale industry was an entirely different matter. Step forward another Scot, William Murdoch/Murdock, from Ayrshire. In 1806, while working for the Boulton & Watt Company, he designed the first large-scale installation, at a Manchester cotton mill. Murdock was a brilliant Scottish engineer and inventor. He probably doesn’t get the recognition he deserves, do a search for him for more info.
In 1812, Friedrich Winzer, a German, established the world’s first public gas undertaking, in London. By 1815, the Chartered Gas Light & Coke Company had laid 26 miles of gas pipe. Glasgow got its first supply in 1817, Edinburgh in 1818. Biggar was among the first small towns to convert to gas, in 1839, the year Murdoch died.
Biggar Gasworks is remarkably complete – even the coal barrows and shovels remain. Buildings and equipment have been renewed and replaced over the years, but almost everything is in place.
The retort house, where the town gas was manufactured, was built in 1839 is the oldest building on site. It was stripped of its coal-fired retorts in 1914 and ended up as the coal store. (At that time, the gasman was using 400 tons of coal per year to serve 320 consumers and power more than 100 street lights.) A new retort house, complete with purifying equipment, replaced the old one.
The building that now contains the visitor centre and display was put up in 1858 to house the gasman and his family. John Ramsay, from Carluke, was the first tenant.
The two gas holders originally installed in 1858 and 1879 were rebuilt in 1918 and 1939 respectively.
It is the only preserved gasworks left in Scotland.
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Winter haze
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Gas Works Park, Washington | November 2022
#washington#gas works#gas works park#35mm film#film#35mm black and white#35mm b&w#35mm#canon a1#canon#photography#black and white
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East Greenwich Gas Works engine shed - Mar 1951 by Frederick McLean Via Flickr: An old amateur photograph of a 'shed bash' to the East Greenwich Gas Works engine/loco shed in Mar 1951. The gas works had an extensive internal steam/diesel rail network, bringing in coal via a 'coaling pier' on the river, sending out coke and chemicals, as well as many internal rail movements. The network consisted of two narrow gauge and one standard gauge railway, from 1900 it was joined via a spur to the Angerstein railway. On the reverse is annotated "East Greenwich Gas Works loco shed 31/3/51". Old/new overhead maps view:- maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=14.6&lat=5... A history of the gas works is here:- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Greenwich_Gas_Works If there are any errors in the above description please let me know. Thanks. 📷 Any photograph I post on Flickr is an original in my possession, nothing is ever copied/downloaded from another location. 📷 -------------------------------------------------
#shed bash#loco shed#rail shed#engine shed#locomotive shed#East Greenwich gas works#gas works engine shed#1950s#London#old London#gas works#industrial railway#railway#old railway#old photograph#old transport#vintage transport#vintage photograph#Greenwich gas works#South Eastern Gas Board#industrial narrow gauge#industrial rail#transport#transport history#transport photograph#London transport#flickr
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The Gas Social Club on Rigby Road, South Shore during three different periods. It was eventually fully demolished in the late 1990's.
They have been developing a collection of modern homes on the site since 2014 and are still far from being finished.
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#wa#washington state#washington#seattle#seattle wa#seattle washington#Gas Works Park#gas works#parks#park#film#film camera#film photography#gas
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fake ass idgafer i saw you caring
#started playing yttd a few days ago and just recently finished ch2 so heres some fanart#i will draw more in the future. hatsune nagito mikuo has captivated me with his loser aura#yttd#your turn to die#kimi ga shine#sou hiyori#sara chidouin#kanna kizuchi#crit's art: yttd#if i think too much abt “Yeah! *high five*” and “it worked sara!!” and “i wouldn't leave you guys behind...” i'll actually start throwingup
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August 22/23, 2024 - Protesters ripped down police barricades and the gates of Parliament in Jakarta, forcing the Indonesian government to postpone the ratification of an election law that would strengthen the political influence of President Joko Widodo and his family. Demonstrations against the president's nepotism have been met by heavy police repression and violence, but continued into the night as militant protesters sang "Buruh Tani" - a working class anthem of solidarity and resistance against oppression. [video]/[video]
#jakarta#indonesia#acab#riot#riot police#police#2024#video#flashing gif#barricade#police line#direct action#water cannon#tear gas#working class#red flag#government building#parliament
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9th May 2024
King's Cross Gas Works
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coloured this page from chapter 11
#hgsn fanart#the summer hikaru died#hikaru ga shinda natsu#hikaru indou#yoshiki tsujinaka#my art#manga colouring#my work#hgsn 11#光が死んだ夏
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#this will settle it! this will settle the private conversation between two people who barely cook !!!!#weve said stove so many times that it ceases to look and sound like a word#i grew up with electric stoves like#yeah they WORK differently but cooking on the stove is cooking on the stove#ur not special or better than me bc u have a gas stove 😌#i hope ur gas leaks and morgan freeman has to shooy u thru a pint of milk 😌 /jk#up to something#polls#edit: *Mickey mouse voice* ha ha! I’ve made a mistake!#This post was not supposed to escape !!!!!! Fuck !!#my brother: lol is this about the political shit that happened a few months ago? me: THE WHAT??????
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everybody go home. this is my magnum opus
#HELP THIS IS KILLING ME#the original version of this had hua cheng in a ‘i have a CRAZY wife she hates STUPID PEOPLE and LOVES DOGS and im NOT AFRAID TO USE HER’#but if hua cheng was at midwestern gas station number 472 in the novelty slogan tshirt aisle#she for sure would get some sort of ‘your wife (woman symbol) vs MY WIFE (wonder woman silhouette)’#or ‘trophy 🏆🏆 WIFE’#or possibly a ‘return to wife if lost’#or ‘i have a SMOKIN HOT wife’#or ‘im the BOSS til my WIFE gets home’#or ‘5 things you should know about my WIFE: 1. she is my queen 2. she is a bit crazy 3. she can whoop your ass#4. she says whatever she is thinking 5. mess with her and theyll never find your body’#or ‘i go to work so my wife can COLLECT SCRAPS’#or even at worst. ‘ my wife is the PRINCESS the mouse LOST’#xie lian would be initially embarassed. but you know her ass would be wearing a ‘proud PROPERTY of an AWESOME WIFE’ shirts @ heaven meetings#or ‘i’m not scared of ANYTHING - my WIFE is a CALAMITY’#which was sold as a metaphor for your wife being mean and powerful. but she wears it straight.#or even ‘im not GAY but my WIFE is’ lmfao#anyway.#tgcf#tian guan ci fu#hualian#hua cheng#xie lian#hualesbians#modern au#tgcf meme#my art#art#tgcf shitpost#lmao#mxtx
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My favorite loser
#picked up these old doodles as a mental break from exam work#rkrq draw#daigo rgg#dojima daigo#ryu ga gotoku#rgg daigo#daigo dojima#yakuza#yakuza kiwami 2#yk2#yakuza 2#kiryu kazuma#kazuma kiryu#rgg kiryu#kiryu rgg#yakuza kiryu#kiryu yakuza#yakuza daigo#yakuza fanart#rgg fanart#yakuza series#like a dragon#like a dragon series#rgg
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