Iron and Tin Plate Works Gas Works, Bridge Street, Abercarn

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NPRN710233
Map ReferenceST29SW
Grid ReferenceST2138394909
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCaerphilly
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityAbercarn
Type Of SiteGAS WORKS
Period19th Century
Description
Gasometer marked on the 1879 OS map and 1901 OS map, adjacent to the tin plate works. These gasworks Likely to be a private gasworks supplying the tin plate works, although it could have been supplied from the local public gasworks. George Bower recorded in his book of 1866 that he built a gasworks for David Whitehouse Esq., who owned an Iron and Tin Plate Works in Abercarn. The gas would have been used to light the works with gas.