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Coke Skips and Telpher Control House
Coke Skips and Telpher Control House
Coke Skips and Telpher Control House
Coke Skips and Telpher Control House

Coke Skips and Telpher Control House

Associated (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1844 - 1975)
Photographer
DateMay 1938
Object NamePhotograph
MediumPaper
ClassificationsScience And Technology
Dimensions24.7 x 30.1cm
AcquisitionJohn Lovie Gas Works Collection.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS068787
Keywords
About MeAberdeen's gas industry dates back to 1824 when the first works were set up at Poynernook. A public supply came in 1824 when, using oil as energy source, the Aberdeen Gas Light Company produced gas to light 242 street lamps. A New Gas Light Company was set up in 1843. Its gasworks were established at Sandilands near the Beach. In 1871 Aberdeen Corporation took over the works and ran it until nationalisation in 1949. Final closure of the city's gasworks came in 1979 when the flow of Natural Gas from the offshore fields became available.
House for Retort Skips
House for Retort Skips
Aberdeen Gas Works
May 1938
Retort Discharge Skips
Retort Discharge Skips
Aberdeen Gas Works
May 1938
Retort House and Coke Hoppers
Retort House and Coke Hoppers
Aberdeen Gas Works
May 1938
Vertical Retort and Coke Hoppers
Vertical Retort and Coke Hoppers
Aberdeen Gas Works
1970s
View Over Coke Hoppers
View Over Coke Hoppers
Aberdeen Gas Works
May 1938
Image Not Available for Figures Recording Coke Produced And Sold
Figures Recording Coke Produced And Sold
Aberdeen Corporation Gas Works
October 1926
Detail of Gasworks, Possibly Retort Houses
Detail of Gasworks, Possibly Retort Houses
Aberdeen Gas Works
C.1890
Detail of Gasworks, Possibly Retort Houses
Detail of Gasworks, Possibly Retort Houses
Aberdeen Gas Works
C.1890
Detail of Gasworks, Possibly Retort Houses
Detail of Gasworks, Possibly Retort Houses
Aberdeen Gas Works
C.1890
Three Vertical Retort Houses
Three Vertical Retort Houses
Aberdeen Gas Works
1960s
Horizontal Retort House
Horizontal Retort House
Aberdeen Gas Works
C.1900
Retort House Prior to Demolition
Retort House Prior to Demolition
Aberdeen Gas Works
1980s
Retort House Mechanical Stoking Machine
Retort House Mechanical Stoking Machine
Aberdeen Gas Works
C.1891
Image Not Available for On Erection of New Retort, Boiler and Pump Houses
On Erection of New Retort, Boiler and Pump Houses
Aberdeen Gas Works
December 1904
Image Not Available for On Erection of New Retort, Boiler and Pump Houses
On Erection of New Retort, Boiler and Pump Houses
Aberdeen Gas Works
December 1904
Image Not Available for On Need To Extend Purifier House
On Need To Extend Purifier House
Aberdeen Gas Works
January 1903
Image Not Available for 3 Items On Aberdeen Gas Works
3 Items On Aberdeen Gas Works
Aberdeen Gas Works
1893
Image Not Available for On Tender For Steam Engine And Exhausters
On Tender For Steam Engine And Exhausters
Aberdeen Gas Works
December 1895
Image Not Available for Weights Of Material For Gasholder
Weights Of Material For Gasholder
Aberdeen Gas Works
1893
Image Not Available for 4 Items On Engine And Exhausters
4 Items On Engine And Exhausters
Aberdeen Gas Works
December 1925
Image Not Available for On Coal Carried By Sea
On Coal Carried By Sea
Aberdeen Gas Works
1890 - 1906
Gasworks Locomotive Mr Therm With Driver Charles Hogg
Gasworks Locomotive Mr Therm With Driver Charles Hogg
Aberdeen Gas Works
August 1954
Extension to No.3 Vertical Retort and Construction of Screening Plant
Extension to No.3 Vertical Retort and Construction of Screening Plant
Aberdeen Gas Works
1960s
Extension to No.3 Vertical Retort
Extension to No.3 Vertical Retort
Aberdeen Gas Works
1960s