Gas The first gas works in Rugby was opened in Gas Street in the 1830's. By the 1870's a larger works was opened beside the railway in Wood Street. Gas holders remained on the original site until the turn of the century when a holder was built in Newbold Road,…

Rugby Gas Works new gas holder in Newbold Road under test. 1929

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1838 Rugby Gas Company formed with a Capital of 150 £20 shares; its first gas works built in Railway Terrace. London & Birmingham Railway opened with Rugby’s first station beside the bridge in Newbold Road.

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Jul 15, 2020 · Gasworks once brought light and warmth to homes across England. Hundreds of their most prominent landmarks, gasholders, are now being demolished and lost from the landscape forever. Coal barges being unloaded at a gasworks with a gasholder in the foreground. © Historic England Archive. AA029323.

Foreman of construction firm standing on new mains at Rugby Gas Works. 1929

Electrical Industry Messrs. Willans & Robinson’s Victoria Works Willans and Robinson’s was the first major engineering firm to move to Rugby, opening its works in 1899. Their main product was high speed steam engines to drive electric generators both in power stations and ships.

The site of a gas works, where gas was produced during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The gas works was situated on Railway Terrace, Rugby.

Rugby. Gas Works Workmen painting the new gas holder in Newbold Road, Rugby. 1930