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View from Gasworks Manager's Office
View from Gasworks Manager's Office
View from Gasworks Manager's Office
View from Gasworks Manager's Office

View from Gasworks Manager's Office

Associated (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1844 - 1975)
Date1940s
Object NamePhotograph
MediumPaper
ClassificationsChemicals and Gas
Dimensions21.5 x 16.5cm
AcquisitionJohn Lovie Gas Works Collection.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS068860
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.
Gasworks Locomotive City of Aberdeen
Gasworks Locomotive City of Aberdeen
Aberdeen Gas Works
Vertical Retorts, Gasworks
Vertical Retorts, Gasworks
Aberdeen Gas Works
1970s
Driver Charles Hogg in Gasworks Locomotive Mr Therm
Driver Charles Hogg in Gasworks Locomotive Mr Therm
Aberdeen Gas Works
1954
Assembly of Holmes Patent Rotary Brush Scrubbers, Gasworks
Assembly of Holmes Patent Rotary Brush Scrubbers, Gasworks
Aberdeen Gas Works
August 1928
Holmes Patent Washer-Scrubber, Gasworks
Holmes Patent Washer-Scrubber, Gasworks
Aberdeen Gas Works
C.1897
Gasworks Purifier House
Gasworks Purifier House
Aberdeen Gas Works
1903
Image Not Available for Holmes Patent Washer-Scrubber, Gasworks
Holmes Patent Washer-Scrubber, Gasworks
Aberdeen Gas Works
C.1897
Tippling Coal Wagons, Gasworks
Tippling Coal Wagons, Gasworks
Aberdeen Gas Works
C.1897
Gasworks with Sandiland Chemical Works on Left
Gasworks with Sandiland Chemical Works on Left
Aberdeen Gas Works
C.1897
Blacksmith at Work at Forge Aberdeen Gasworks
Blacksmith at Work at Forge Aberdeen Gasworks
Aberdeen Gas Works
December 1934
Interior at Gasworks
Interior at Gasworks
Aberdeen Gas Works
1920s?
Condensers at Gasworks
Condensers at Gasworks
Aberdeen Gas Works
1924
Wagons by Purifiers at Gasworks
Wagons by Purifiers at Gasworks
Aberdeen Gas Works
September 1929
Construction of Purifiers Gasworks
Construction of Purifiers Gasworks
Aberdeen Gas Works
August 1928
Gasworks Redding Rod
Gasworks Redding Rod
Aberdeen Gas Works
December 1934
Gasworks Redding Rod
Gasworks Redding Rod
Aberdeen Gas Works
December 1934
British Gas Offices
British Gas Offices
Aberdeen Gas Works
1990
Corporation Gas Works Locomotive City of Aberdeen Entering from Miller Street
Corporation Gas Works Locomotive City of Aberdeen Entering from Miller Street
Aberdeen Gas Works
C.1887
Image Not Available for Tender For Gas Exhausters
Tender For Gas Exhausters
Aberdeen Gas Works
December 1925
Corporation Gas Works Locomotive City of Aberdeen Entering from Miller Street
Corporation Gas Works Locomotive City of Aberdeen Entering from Miller Street
Aberdeen Gas Works
C.1887
Image Not Available for On Question Of Candlepower Of Gas
On Question Of Candlepower Of Gas
Aberdeen Gas Works
February 1906
Image Not Available for On 12 Hour Cleaning Routine for Gas Producer
On 12 Hour Cleaning Routine for Gas Producer
Aberdeen Gas Works
February 1957
Image Not Available for To Gas Committee
To Gas Committee
Aberdeen Gas Works
August 1946
Image Not Available for To Gas Committee
To Gas Committee
Aberdeen Gas Works
August 1948