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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Gasholders: A History in Pictures

Gasholders: A History in Pictures

National Grid Plc
Thomas, Russell
Tatlioglu, Timur

Hardcover

Series: Historic England

General Architecture

ISBN10: 1835538495
ISBN13: 9781835538494
Publisher: Historic England
Published: Oct 15 2024
Pages: 240
Weight: 3.90
Height: 0.79 Width: 12.60 Depth: 10.94
Language: English

Winner of the Association for Industrial Archaeology's Publication Award 2025

Gasholders became one of the most instantly recognisable and iconic features on the landscape since they first appeared in the early 19th century. Their simple but precise engineering, durability and flexibility allowed then to operate over a span of 200 years. They witnessed times of great social change, from the early years of the industrial revolution, through countless wars, the reign of nine monarchs, strikes, suffrage, switch to natural gas and through the turn of the millennium. Using a mixture of archive and contemporary photographs, engineering drawings, prints, paintings, adverts and diagrams, the book captures the importance of these industrial structures on the English Townscape. From their very earliest beginnings the book captures their place on the gasworks and in wider society. Evolving from simple designs on a small scale through to becoming massive features dominating skylines and becoming local landmarks.

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