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
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Gas Light and Coke Company
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