Originally Posted by
Ged
Athol Street gasworks is the one you're thinking of. There is also one at Linacre Lane, Bootle for the north end.
Athol St!!! I couldn't think of the name. Lincacre Lane was for Bootle and the far north end, which was later. Similar, Garston Gas Works did Garston and far south end of the city later. Prescot Gas Works did, Prescot and later parts of Huyton and Knowsley, if I am not mistaken. Kirkby was supplied by Linacre along high pressure pipelines. The gas is now stored at low pressure and piped at high pressure. In the olden days the nearer to the gas works the higher the pressure, so the gas rings would have large flames, and those furthest would have small flames. It was fine for lighting.
Hind St does Birkenhead and the Wirral. I never figured out how they got the gas from Birkenhead across the docks to Wallasey.
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In 1830 there would have been fields along the the north end of the river and Athol St would have supplied the small north end of the city and the north end of the centre.
In the early 1800s, the gas works were built on the edge of what was the town then. Grafton St, Athol St, Spofforth Rd.
Athol St was de-commissioned and demolished in the 1970s. All the other gas plants are still in operation. Grafton St was actually expanded in 1971 with that far too large light green gas tank. I wish they would pull it down.
Prescot had experimental small high pressure torpedo shaped tanks, which held a lot of gas for the size. They were thinking of taking down all the old ugly tank holders and using the high pressure tanks. They abandoned the project.
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