Plaque

Gas Light and Coke Company

Erection date: /6/2007

Inscription

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.

Site: Gas Light and Coke Company (1 memorial)

SW1, Seacole Building, Great Peter Street

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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first public supply of gas in the world

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