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A History of the County of Oxford
… over in 1836 by the town council and the right to erect gas-works was relinquished in 1833 to the Banbury Gas Light and Coke Company. 147 The commissioners were … council under the Education Act of 1902. 170 The supply of gas, electricity, and water was in the hands of private …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of its real antiquity. The streets are lighted with gas, by a joint-stock company established in 1831; and the … The principal streets are paved, and well lighted with gas from works erected by a company recently formed; and the … abounding with beautiful scenery, and is well lighted with gas, supplied by a company established in 1831, with a …
Survey of London
… was subsequently used for over a century by the Phoenix Gas Company (incorporated in 1824) and its successor the South Metropolitan Gas Company. This property, together with Queen's Wharf on …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with the Thames about two miles below: it is lighted with gas, by a company recently formed. The inhabitants are …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… the rest on sheets 175, 192-3. E.R.R.O., CCO. 92. Lond. Gas. 15 Apr. 1960, p. 2720. E.R.R.O., DDPY/5/2 pp. 117-213; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the streets are well paved; they were lighted with gas in 1834, and the inhabitants are amply supplied with …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 60 and was available in Church Lane in 1933. 61 By 1912 gas mains had been laid by the Bognor Gas Co. in Yapton Road under an Order of 1904. 62 Electricity … engine was added to supplement wind power c. 1890, 55 a gas engine c. 1910, and an electric engine after 1945. 56 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… handsome and imposing aspect. The streets are lighted with gas by a company of shareholders established under an act of … the distance of half a mile; and the town is lighted with gas. The air is salubrious, and the surrounding scenery …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… had been inclosed in the preceding 20 years. 38 By 1941 gas and electricity were available and water supplied by the …
Old and New London
… were bespattered freely from the gutters. The glories of gas were yet to be. After three o'clock p.m. miserable oil …