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About three quarters through you see a gasometer, they're still a fairly common site around the UK.
by NAFV_P 13y ago
About three quarters through you see a gasometer, they're still a fairly common site around the UK.
- jws 13y agoGasometers have largely passed as a result of high pressure distribution systems. Ours are disused or removed in St. Louis. Wikipedia explains that they are rare in the U.S. and those were some of the only ones. The UK gasometers are largely disused, but the sites are expensive to decontaminate and reuse since they were frequently used to produce "town gas" from coal.
- NAFV_P 13y agoThere was one down the road from me until just last year: http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Gloucester-s-Skyline-Vanishes/story-17062007-detail/story.html http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Gloucester-s-Skyline-Vani... I don't think it had been used for years, but it was a notable part of the Gloucester landscape.