Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks View of coke quenching
SC 573255
Description Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks View of coke quenching
Date 1980
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 573255
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Millport Gas Works, Millport, Great Cumbrae, Bute (Argyll and Bute council area) Millport Gas Works was founded in 1840 to serve the fishing village and seaside resort of Millport, which developed as a result of the rise of Clyde steamboat services. The works was subsequently much enlarged to cope with peak holiday demand. This view shows the coke quencher. Red-hot coke left in the retorts after all the gas had been driven off was taken in a steel barrow, like the one in the centre, to the brick enclosure seen here and sprayed with water to stop it burning, hence the steam. Until the late 19th century coal gas was made primarily for lighting, as it was more convenient than oil lighting. The by-product coke was sold as a fuel. Millport was the last works in the British Isles to make gas from coal. apart from coke ovens. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H80/101/5
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