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A History of the County of Oxford
… from Carfax to Wolvercote village began in 1914. 86 Gas reached Upper Wolvercote in 1913, mains water before …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… early 1900s. 68 The closure meant that the furnace's waste gas could no longer be burnt off to provide steam power to …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Public services PUBLIC SERVICES. A gas works was built west of New Street in 1849 by William … 32 It was sold in 1864 to the Oakengates and St. George's Gas and Water Co. Ltd., 33 which was in turn bought by the Wellington (Salop) Gas Co. in 1922. 34 By 1882 the Hadley & Trench Gas Works …
A History of the County of Essex
… served by the Buckhurst exchange. 117 In 1864 the West Ham Gas Co., which since 1856 had been empowered to supply gas to Woodford, relinquished its interest in all except the … corner of the parish to the Chigwell and Woodford Bridge Gas Co., formed in 1863. The works of the latter were …