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St Columb Gas Works

Catalogue reference: X352

What’s it about?

This record is about the St Columb Gas Works dating from 1955.

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Full description and record details

Reference
X352
Title
St Columb Gas Works
Date
1955
Description

Photographs of St. Columb Gas Works taken shortly before they closed on 9 August 1955.

Held by
Cornwall Record Office
Language
English
Physical description
4 Files
Immediate source of acquisition

Accession No. 1420.

Deposited by the Secretary, South Western Gas Board, 9A Quiet Street, Bath 16 July 1970.

Administrative / biographical background

A gas works was opened at St. Columb in 1884 and the St. Columb Gas Works Company Ltd. was listed in 1913. In 1930 the Padstow and St. Columb Gas Works Company Ltd. was registered (Ex. inf. Mr. R. G. Laycocks, the Secretary of the South Western Gas Board. (C.R.O. 10. July 14th 1970).

Record URL
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St Columb Gas Works