Erection date: /6/2007
City of Westminster
Gas light & Coke Company, 1813-1937, site of a gasworks which provided the first public supply of gas in the world.
Unveiled by councillor Carolyn Keen, Lord Mayor of Westminster.
SW1, Seacole Building, Great Peter Street
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Gas Light and Coke Company
Royal Charter granted in 1812 to Gas Light and Coke Company for street lighti...
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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Gas Light and Coke Company
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On our visit the sun was so strong and at such an angle that it rendered the plaque illegible if photographed square on.
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