EDITORIAL: Contamination in a residential area, thanks to 'forgotten' Waratah gasworks

Updated May 18 2021 - 11:17pm, first published December 31 2016 - 12:30am
Legacy of a ‘forgotten’ gasworks at Waratah
Legacy of a ‘forgotten’ gasworks at Waratah

FOR a century or so before the introduction of mains electrical power, and before the development of large-scale natural gas plants, the main source of gas for lighting and other uses came from an industrial process that converted coal into coke and gas. The Australian Gas Light Company, which eventually became AGL, began operating in 1837 and other plants soon followed.

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