Catalogue description WESTMINSTER PETER STREET

This collection contains building records and drawings

Westminster Gas Works

The Peter Street GW in Westminster was built in response the constrictions on the Cannon Row site. Peter St was the first permanent GW for public supply. There was no immediate access to the river and so the delivery of coal and disposal of waste and by-products had to be by road. In 1817 this problem was partially solved by the laying of a pipe for effluent down to the river. The site was rebuilt in 1848 and a wharf was leased in Millbank for coal delivery. In 1853 the site was further enlarged. With the opening of Beckton in 1870 and the amalgamation of several other London companies by GLCC together with the reorganisation of the mains and distribution system, Westminster was first reduced to peak load only status and then finally closed altogether in 1875.