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A History of the County of Middlesex
… 1955 house refuse was disposed of outside the borough. 13 Gas lighting, under the Lighting and Watching Act, 1833, was … board trebled the number of lamps to 79. 16 The Brentford Gas Co. was the supplier until 1926, 17 when it became part of the Gas Light and Coke Co. After nationalization in 1949 the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… including CAV, Eastman's, S.T.D., and Lowe & Bydone. The Gas Light & Coke Co. had a large ground on the former Elms …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… intended to place a clock, to be illuminated at night with gas. In the interior, a beautifully groined ceiling, … burden to be sustained amounts to 595. Salaries, taxes, gas, periodicals, &c. (see p. 484) will amount to, at least, …
Old and New London
… of the Roof of the StationA Railway Goods BankThe Imperial Gas WorksYork Road. The Midland Railway, unlike most other … livelihood; whilst over the whole neighbourhood the gas-works poured forth their mephitic vapours, and the canal … the canal still flows where it did, and it is known that gas-works, though unsightly, are not really unhealthy …
A History of the County of Oxford
… further reduced by the more general use of the suction gas-engine now finding its way into farms and manufactories. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and neatly built. It is well paved, and lighted with gas, under a local act obtained in 1803, and is supplied with …
Survey of London
… Smirke approved 'very advantageous' proposals from the Gas Light Company but gas lighting was not introduced until 1818. 105 In June 1820 … in November 1887 to the owner, who wished to dispense with gas 'to save the decorations' of his rooms. A wire was to be …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The streets are spacious, well paved, and lighted with gas; the houses, built of stone, are chiefly of modern …
Survey of London
… never opened, belonging one to each garden; a couple of gas lamps shed feeble light. Pennyloaf paced the length of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is well paved under an act obtained in 1815, lighted with gas supplied by a company lately formed among the …