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Beckton is a suburb in East London, England, located eight miles east of Charing Cross and part of the London Borough of Newham. Adjacent to the River Thames, the area consisted of unpopulated marshla
Gas holders at Beckton
Beckton Alps and Gasworks 1973, from the A13
Prefabricated post-war home at Chiltern Open Air Museum: Universal House, steel frame clad with corrugated asbestos cement
Gallions Hotel, Beckton
Beckton Gas Works
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Beckton Gas Works was a major London gasworks 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 "t
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…in the 19th century to support the growing metropolis of London caused an increase in population with housing built in the area for workers of the Beckton Gas Works and Beckton Sewage Treatment Works. The area has a convoluted local government history and has formed part of Greater London since 1965. Between 1981…
Beckton Gas Works in 1985
Gasholder at Beckton Gas Works, in 2007
Ruins of the Beckton Gas Works from the Gallions Reach DLR station, 1994
Remains of Beckton Gas Works retort-houses, in 1996