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A History of the County of Oxford
… 1978, leaving two modern gas holders for storage; the power station in Gloucester Place, 'a nondescript collection …
A History of the County of Essex
… by William Browne and con- tinued in his family. Steam power was adopted early, but a boiler burst in 1855, causing … in Paget Road south of the railway from 1867, using steam power from 1868; it apparently closed in 1874. 30 In 1758 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1898, electricity in 1920, although some water power was used until 1943. Further work, including the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in the county on a site completely independent of water power. By the late 1780s Wilkinson had opened another furnace … waste gas could no longer be burnt off to provide steam power to the Priorslee steel re-rolling mill. Accordingly the …