East Greenwich Gasworks
Peckett 0-4-0 saddle tank 'No.17' (W/No.1286 of 1912) when photographed at The South Eastern Gas Board's East Greenwich gasworks in the early 1950s was a member of an extensive fleet of seventeen four-coupled saddle tanks built by Hawthorn Leslie, William Bagnall, Peckett and Avonside, employed to convey coal from the landing piers on the Thames to to the plant. The gasworks was the last to built in London, by the South Metropolitan Gas Company. between 1881 and 1886. Originally manufacturing town gas from coal brought in by river (barges are visible on the Thames in the background) and exporting coke and chemicals. The plant was adapted in the 1960s to produce gas oil. was the last gas works to be built in London, and the most modern. Originally manufacturing town gas from coal brought in by river and exporting coke and chemicals, the plant was adapted to produce gas from oil in the 1960s. Nothing remains but a single gas holder, built in 1886, one of two originally on the site. Redevelopment of the site began in the 1990s, the first development being the Millennium Dome. Today the site is covered by many developments including the O2, North Greenwich tube station and the David Beckham Academy.
© Gordon Edgar collection - all rights reserved. Please do not download, copy, or use this image without my explicit prior permission
East Greenwich Gasworks
Peckett 0-4-0 saddle tank 'No.17' (W/No.1286 of 1912) when photographed at The South Eastern Gas Board's East Greenwich gasworks in the early 1950s was a member of an extensive fleet of seventeen four-coupled saddle tanks built by Hawthorn Leslie, William Bagnall, Peckett and Avonside, employed to convey coal from the landing piers on the Thames to to the plant. The gasworks was the last to built in London, by the South Metropolitan Gas Company. between 1881 and 1886. Originally manufacturing town gas from coal brought in by river (barges are visible on the Thames in the background) and exporting coke and chemicals. The plant was adapted in the 1960s to produce gas oil. was the last gas works to be built in London, and the most modern. Originally manufacturing town gas from coal brought in by river and exporting coke and chemicals, the plant was adapted to produce gas from oil in the 1960s. Nothing remains but a single gas holder, built in 1886, one of two originally on the site. Redevelopment of the site began in the 1990s, the first development being the Millennium Dome. Today the site is covered by many developments including the O2, North Greenwich tube station and the David Beckham Academy.
© Gordon Edgar collection - all rights reserved. Please do not download, copy, or use this image without my explicit prior permission