Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gasworks | Canmore

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Gas Works (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Site Name Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gasworks

Classification Gas Works (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Canmore ID 52936

Site Number NT29SE 42

NGR NT 2795 9091

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52936

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Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gas Works
View of possible Meter House

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Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gas Works View of possible Meter House

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1977

© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)

General view from South West of West end of surviving building

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General view from South West of West end of surviving building

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1995

© RCAHMS

Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gas Works
View of cart wheel protector at entrance to gas works

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Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gas Works View of cart wheel protector at entrance to gas works

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1977

© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)

Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gas Works
View of cast iron gas tank from 1862

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Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gas Works View of cast iron gas tank from 1862

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1977

© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)

Photographic copy of view of gas holder, offices and showroom.

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Photographic copy of view of gas holder, offices and showroom.

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c. 1935

© RCAHMS

Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gas Holder
General View

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Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gas Holder General View

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1977

© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)

Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gasworks, NT29SE 42, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gasworks, NT29SE 42, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

c. 1958

© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)

Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gas Works
View of possible meter house

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Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gas Works View of possible meter house

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1977

© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)

Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gas Works
View of possible Meter House

General view from South West of West end of surviving building

Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gas Works
View of cart wheel protector at entrance to gas works

Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gas Works
View of cast iron gas tank from 1862

Photographic copy of view of gas holder, offices and showroom.

Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gas Holder
General View

Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gasworks, NT29SE 42, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Kirkcaldy, Links Street, Gas Works
View of possible meter house

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Administrative Areas

Council Fife
Parish Kirkcaldy And Dysart
Former Region Fife
Former District Kirkcaldy
Former County Fife

Architecture Notes

See also:

FID 374/3 Scheme for linking Dysart and Kirkcaldy gasworks

XSD 331/1 Dry tyre gasholder at GELSENKIRCHEN (Germany) compared to Kirkcaldy

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