Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| gas works, Kirkby Stephen | ||
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| Street:- | Middlegate Lane | |
| civil parish:- | Kirkby Stephen (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | gas works | |
| coordinates:- | NY77360916 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7709 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY70 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "GAS WORKS, VICTORIAN GASOMETER / / NORTH ROAD / KIRKBY STEPHEN / EDEN / CUMBRIA / DL / 73015 / NY7736509163" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Gasometer, erected in 3rd quarter of C19. Riveted gas-holder rises vertically on rails afixed to the inner faces of six equidistantly spaced cast-iron columns. Each column is topped by an openwork iron box which has a cornice with a ball and spike finial above; these boxes are linked together by single bands of iron trellis-work with rosette decoration." |
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| hearsay:- |
I could not see any sign of the gas works last time I looked: 17.2.2015. The site
is a ?builder's yard. None of the site's present contents would seem to have necessitated
the removal of the listed gas works construction. |
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