Launceston Gasworks
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launceston-gasworks-179-3594360
title:
Launceston Gasworks
text:
The Launceston Gasworks is a former industrial site located in the CBD of Launceston, Tasmania. The site was the principal supplier of gas to the City of Launceston before the importation of LPG in the 1970s. The gasworks produced gas by heating coal and siphoning off the gas that it released before refining and storing it on site in a set of 3, steel frame gasometers. The first buildings on site were the horizontal retort buildings built in 1860 from sandstone and local brick. The site was late
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launceston_Gasworks
date created:
2011-07-20T13:11:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T20:04:14Z
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13
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