I believe some are still used for natural gas, to meet unusually 'peaky'
local demand. There are some not far away which seem to move, and we are
definitely not using "town gas".
Others have been kept for heritage reasons, as was already mentioned.
And the entrance foyer to the Tate Gallery at St Ives in Cornwall is
circular in plan. Beause it is built on the site of a "gasometer".
Piers
OM-content (of course, I wouldn't have posted otherwise!) - some 17mm shots
I took inside that foyer this summer were rather attractive - but it was
difficult to cope with the range of light levels between bright sunshine
outside, and art gallery subdued light inside.
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Roger D. Key
Sent: 09 October 2003 13:27
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Subject: Re: [OM] Demise of a Landmark
Used for domestic piped gas supplies for stoves, heating, etc. The British
ones were built for coal gas, produced from coal. I do not know that the
were ever used for natural gas supplies.
Roger Key
Boris wrote:
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So what kind of gas is it?
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