Beckton Gas Works

Beckton Gas Works was a major London gas works built to manufacture coal gas and other products including coke from coal. It has been variously described as 'the largest such plant in the world' and 'the largest gas works in Europe'. It operated from 1870 to 1969, with an associated by-products works that operated from 1879 to 1970. The works was located on East Ham Level, on the north bank of the Thames at Gallions Reach, to the west of Barking Creek.

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