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Stromness, North End Road, Stromness Gasworks

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Stromness, North End, Stromness Harbour View from NW showing chimney, WNW front and NNE front of retort house
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General view from W of the retort house (roof replaced early 1950s)
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Detail of retort house roof showing re-roofing work carried out in the early 1950s.
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View of the main entrance to the gasworks from John Street showing the retort house behind. The white, single-storey building was the original coal store. To the right of this was the gasworks manager's house. The replaced roof on the retort house can be seen.
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Stromness, North End, Stromness Harbour View from NW showing chimney, WNW front and NNE front of retort house
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General view from NW. The lean to buildings housed the exausters (left) and the purifiers (right). By 1959, there wer two gasholders, one of which was disused
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Detail of chimney. This would take the gases away from the retort house.
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View of the gasworks from John Street showing the retort house behind. The white, single-storey building was the original coal store. To the left of this was the gasworks manager's house.
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Stromness, North End Road, Stromness Gasworks, HY20NE 23, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
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View of remains of 20,000 cubic feet capacity gasholder at HY25598 09765. The small building adjacent may be the former Meter House.
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