Mark’s history: The New Wortley Gas Works riots - West Leeds Dispatch
Nov 22, 2018 · Knowing that the Gas Committee was bringing in Blacklegs from down south the union organised the Leeds Gas workers to try and stop this. On 1st July 1890, 500 police officers escorted 260 Blacklegs, as they made their way towards the New Wortley gasworks.
New Wortley Gas Holder Demolition Project construction site
Project Name New Wortley Gas Holder Demolition Project. Address Wellington Road, off the Armley Gyratory, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 1DX. Client Northern Gas Networks. Local Authority Leeds City Council
The Leeds gas strike of 1890 - johnhearfield.com
The plants at Meadow Lane in Hunslet to the south and at New Wortley in Holbeck to the east were relatively new, whilst the York Street works, to the north, was smaller and older. The streets of Leeds had been lit by gas for many years.
Works to demolish iconic Leeds structure you'll remember from …
Feb 5, 2021 · The huge gas holder will be safely dismantled over the next 12 months by Northern Gas Networks (NGN), who have started working in Wellington Road, Wortley. It's been out of use for decades due to the expensive running and maintenance costs, not needed after advances in technology and the enhanced capability of the modern-day gas network.
Mark’s history: The New Wortley Gas Works riots
Nov 22, 2018 · Leeds Corporation, as it was known in 1869, had bought the three gas companies operating in Leeds at the time at a cost of three quarters of a million pounds, writes Mark Stevenson. One of these was and still is in Wortley. A Gas Committee was formed to run these three gasworks and their aim of reducing people’s gas bills was largely achieved.
Wortley, Leeds - Wikipedia
Perhaps Wortley's most notable features at this time were the vast array of railway junctions and its two gasworks, a smaller one in Lower Wortley and Leeds' largest gasworks in New Wortley which, until early 2022, was marked by the presence of a large spiral guided gasholder.
Gasholder/Gasometer Appreciation Society | New Wortley Gas Works Leeds ...
New Wortley Gas Works Leeds, where the troops were set upon striking gas workers, killing some at the end of the 19th century. This led to the formation...
Photos show demolition of Armley Gyratory’s landmark gasometer
Mar 3, 2021 · The latest photos of the 1950s landmark show the progress of demolition work by site owners Northern Gas Networks, with work expected to finish next February. From at least the 1840’s Gasometers started to appear in this part of Wortley, what is …
SecretLeeds - History, culture and architecture in Leeds
Jul 4, 2010 · An history of Wortley was written in the 1920's called Wortley-de-Leeds by William Benn a local (this book is available in Leeds libraries). Before this a history was written by John Stones in 1887.
Reader's Letter: The 'landmark gasometer' at ... - West Leeds …
Mar 18, 2021 · When these “blacklegs” were marched down to the New Wortley gas works the Leeds workers climbed on top of the railway bridge nearby and rained stones down on the unfortunate imported men who realised that they had been misled.
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