manufacturing gas from coal was just a weird thing we did, and has such a dramatic impact on so many aspects of our modern world
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Spin offs of the coal gas industry include the natural gas industry (and I'd argue also a lot of how we do electricity too), luxury flats, various parks, waterproof coats and the yellow in instant custard.
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My two fave gasworks facts are both from Beckton. Firstly the area was named after Simon Adams Beck, governor of the Gas Light and Coke Company when the gasworks was being built there. Secondly, its gasworks were finally destroyed during the filming of Full Metal Jacket.
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"we found Beckton gasworks, which was constructed by the same company of architects that built in the city of Hué, Vietnam. All we had to do was dress it up, put signs on it and blow it up."https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/aug/01/how-we-made-full-metal-jacket-stanley-kubrick-matthew-modine …
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tip - every good eden project needs a zip wire running across the top of it, thus turning 'good' into friggin awesome!
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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