Thurso Gasworks, Retort House and Chimney View from SW
SC 438239
Description Thurso Gasworks, Retort House and Chimney View from SW
Date 5/1974
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 438239
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Retort house, Thurso Gasworks, Caithness Thurso gasworks was a typical small-town coal gasworks. Works of this type were common until the 1950s, and were then rendered obsolete by the development of a gas grid, and by the introduction of natural gas. This photograph shows the retort house, where the gas was made by heating coal in retorts. The large chimney, unusually built of stone, provided draught for the system which heated the retorts. By the time this photograph was taken in 1974 the works had closed. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H74/154/4
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