Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Potted History of Hornsey Gas Works

I spotted the panels below on a fence along Hornsey Park Road.

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Permalink Reply by EMC2 on November 21, 2017 at 17:48

In 1864 the gasworks was quite small and the River Moselle (I've coloured blue) was still mostly above the ground.

Permalink Reply by EMC2 on November 21, 2017 at 17:51

In 1869 Aeronaut Henry T Coxwell took off from here on a foggy November afternoon...

Permalink Reply by EMC2 on November 21, 2017 at 19:06

Thirty years later Gasholders 1 & 2 were on site. The surrounding countryside had been built on but much of the River Moselle was still above ground.

Permalink Reply by EMC2 on November 21, 2017 at 19:20

The two Gasholders held over a million cubic feet of gas... they decided to add another...

Permalink Reply by EMC2 on November 21, 2017 at 19:21

Sadly (c1909) the poor old River Moselle got culverted

By 1915 the poor old Moselle has disappeared....

Permalink Reply by EMC2 on November 21, 2017 at 19:22

And in the 1920s Gasholder 3 was built

Permalink Reply by EMC2 on November 21, 2017 at 19:36

And this was how it remained more or less until this past year.

Permalink Reply by EMC2 on November 21, 2017 at 20:11

Permalink Reply by EMC2 on November 21, 2017 at 20:13

The area in blue is all now being re-developed. And we think it's time to de-culvert the Moselle.

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