1979
NS1655 : Millport Gas Works
taken 45 years ago, near to Millport, Great Cumbrae Island, North Ayrshire, Scotland
Millport Gas Works
The last coal gas works in the UK. Used hand fired horizontal retorts to the end. Closed 1981. Condenser to the left, Livesey washer to the right. The building contained the exhausters, including a steam engine driven Beales exhauster.
Real living history. Now demolished.
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