Windsor Street Gasworks
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Windsor Street Gasworks
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The Windsor Street Gasworks was a coal gas and coke manufacturing site in Nechells, Birmingham. The works were constructed in 1846 for the Birmingham Gas Light and Coke Company adjacent to the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal to allow for the bulk import of coal. The company was taken over by the Birmingham Corporation in 1875 and under mayor Joseph Chamberlain and engineer Charles Hunt the Windsor Street site was expanded and connected to the London and North Western Railway. Hunt's works included
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Former coal gas and coke manufacturing site in Birmingham, UK
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_Street_Gasworks
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2023-04-30T12:27:16Z
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