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Bromley-by-Bow gasholders
51.5250° N, -0.0033° E
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The Bromley-by-Bow gasholders are a group of seven cast iron Victorian gasholders in Twelvetrees Crescent, West Ham and named after nearby Bromley (now Bromley-by-Bow) in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Built between 1872 and 1878 to store gas from the nearby Bromley gasworks, the site stopped storing gas in 2010, and is currently a brownfield site. They are thought to be the largest group of Victorian gasholders in Britain, with the Victorian Society calling them "a true symbol of the Industrial Revolution".
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Congreve rocket factory (early 1800s)
early 1800s
Imperial Gasworks begun
1870
Gasholders constructed
1872–1878
Gas supply to users begins
1873
Bomb damage during WWII
1940
Nationalisation
1949
Discovery of North Sea gas
1965
Bromley gasworks closed
1976
Grade II listing
1984
End of gas storage use
2010
Victorian Society endangered list
2018
Listing upgrade
2021
Planning application submitted
Autumn 2023
Planning permission granted
July 2024
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