The following tender advert was placed in the Welshman newspaper of the 4th September 1868, “LAMPETER GAS WORKS. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. PARTIES desirous of TENDERING for Building j. Work, can see the Plan and Specification at the Office of Mr J. W. Szlumper, Aberystwyth, where sealed Tenders, endorsed Lampeter Gas Works, are to be sent not later than Saturday, the 19th inst. September 3rd, 1868.” The Lampeter gas works were built in 1869: coal was brought to the works by the newly constructed Manchester and Milford Railway. Gas was later produced by the "Lampeter, Llandysul, Tregaron and Aberaeron Gas Company" implying that gas was distributed widely. J. T. B. Porter & Co. of Lincoln listed 'Aberaeron' among the towns where they had built complete gas works. The advert containing this list was published in 1878. The company placed an advert to lease the gasworks in July 1877 (South Wales Daily News, 9th July 1877). In 1883 The Lampeter, Llandysul, Tregaron & Aberayron Gas Company, had authorised capital of £2,000, in 1881 it had made 14 cp gas from 91 tons of coal. (The Cardiff Times 20th January 1883). In 1898, the engineer/manager of the gasworks was Evan Thomas and the secretary John Lloyd, at which point they were making 747,000 cu.ft. of gas from 90 tons of coal. In 1908 Mr. Evan Thomas was the manager of the Lampeter Gas Works. In 1949 the Lampeter, Llandysul, Tregaron & Aberayron Gas Company was producing 11m cu.ft. at the gasworks in Lampeter, K. E. Tiddy was the Engineer, General Manager & Secretary. Vested in the Wales Gas Board from the Lampeter, Llandysul, Tregaron and Aberaeron Gas Company. In 1952 the “Gas World Year Book”, showed that Lampeter was manufacturing 14 m cu.ft. of gas using horizontal retort plant. W. M. Young was the manager. The Lampeter gasworks closed in 1958, when gas was then supplied through an extension of the South Wales Gas Grid. A plan held in the NGGA dated 1967, but probably earlier, shows the site to consist of a retort house, engine house, purifier, main tar well, workshops and stores. Mess room, test room, garage, stores, No.1 and No.2 gasholders. The gasworks were visible on the 1887 to 1974 OS maps.