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Obtained from very poor copies
Rushden Gasworks
Photogallery

Workers and managers pictured at Shirley Road
Workers and managers at Shirley Road
pictured (probably) in front of the retort house

View across Rushden Gasworks View across Rushden Gasworks
Two views across the Shirley Road gasworks showing the two gasholders.
In the distance is Higham Road and the Lime Street factory of John White.

Coke was a by-product of producing gas from coal.
The coke was purchased by townspeople as a reasonably cheap fuel to burn

Weighing the coke Queue waiting for the coke to be weighed
Two views of the coke being weighed and (right) part of the vast queue for the coke.
Regulars usually brought a small barrow for the filled sacks - others put the sack across the crossbar of their bicycle.

Filling sacks with coke paying for the coke
(Left) sacks were filled after the coke had been weighed, and (right) the coke was paid for at the office window

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