Erection date: 18/6/2007
Inscription
City of Westminster
Frederick Winsor, 1763-1830, gave the world's first demonstration of street lighting by coal gas from a retort located here, June 1807.
Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers.
Plaque unveiled by Councillor Carolyn Keen, Lord Mayor of Westminster. At the ceremony, a lamp was lit using the traditional pole.
Site: Frederick Winsor (1 memorial)
SW1, Pall Mall, 100
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
