Gas
Gas was first used to light the streets of St Helier in 1831, and gradually it was introduced into homes to provide light, heating and a means of cooking. Until the 1960s, all local gas was generated from coal at a production plant in St Helier but now it is manufactured from Liquefied Petroleum Gas.
The first gasworks in Jersey were owned by a Mr Edge, who later sold his premises to the Jersey Gas Company - see A history of Jersey's street lamps
Links
- The Jersey Gas Light Company, an article published in 1939
- A history of Jersey's street lamps Added 2016
- Jersey Gas website
Gallery
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Gas heaters on show at Springfield in 1937
Staff in 1905
Staff in 1911
A Jersey Gas display at a 1925 trades exhibition
Gasholder 2002
Gasholders
Gas plant
Retort house
Town brook running past the Gasworks
Gasworks
Gasworks 1954
Gasworks 1970
Gasworks 1999
Gasworks tanks
Town park development on old Gasworks land in 2011
Town park site as car park
Town park site as car park
A gasholder dominates the centre of St Helier in the early 20th century
1965
1965
1965
Efforts were made during the Occupation to convert cars to run on gas
Jersey Gas showroom on Bath Street
Control room in 1939
A delivery of coal in 1939
Hard manual labour moving that coal
A customer in the showroom in 1939
Aerial view of the town showing the Gas Works - 1933 aerial photograph by Aerofilms
View from Minden Place car park of St Helier rooftops, with gasholders and brick retort house in the background
It is not clear what this 1905 banner was all about
Coal elevator in 1940
1954
The gas works show clearly in this photograph taken from Victoria College
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1892
1892 advertisement
Another advert
1905
1939 advertisement
1945 advertisement
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