Granton Gas Works
Further Information
Links
Further information is available at:
- Wikipedia – article on the
Scottish Gas Board
- Wikipedia – article on
Town Gas
- Wikipedia – article on
Gasworks
- The National Gas
Museum website, with interesting background on gas
manufacture, supply and use.
Wikipedia is "the free encyclopedia".
Books
Mr Herring wrote two books on the Gas Works:
- Edinburgh & Leith Corporations Gas Commissioners – Granton Works
– Descriptive Pamphlet (39 pages). A copy is in the Edinburgh Room
at
Central Library,
George IV Bridge, Edinburgh;
- The Granton Gas Works, Edinburgh – Their Design, Construction
and Equipment (284 pages, 228 plates). A copy is in the
National Library of Scotland
.
The first of these is a good general description. The second is recommended only if you are very interested!
There is also information on the Gas Works in the following book:
| Title | Author | Publisher | Date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stranger on the Shore | James Gracie | Argyll Publishing | 2003 | 1902831535 |
Article
You may also wish to look at:
– Industrial Archaeology Review, XXVIII: 1, 2006
This article is a report on recent research, and includes plans and photographs. Click on 'view pdf' on the linked page to read the document.
Patents
W R Herring patented various improvements to gas manufacture, both before and during his time with the Edinburgh and Leith Corporations Gas Commissioners.
These links are to the US patents, but some were also the subject of patents in Great Britain.