Gasworks at Nine Elms Battersea 1958 Frame:natural The Bayswater Omnibus

The Bayswater Omnibus

The section covers the area between Hyde Park in the North West

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Advertising signs and criss-crossing telephone and telegraph wires represent the 'nerve centre' at the end of the decade

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Gasworks at Nine Elms Battersea 1958 Frame:natural The Bayswater OmnibusThe 19th century gasworks in Nine Elms, Battersea were built by the Gas Light and Coke Company. In 1952, after lengthy reconstruction following the Second World War damage, a new coal handling plant and jetty were built at Nine Elms to expand the works. Coal continued to be brought to the site directly from the ships on the Thames. By the late 1950s, the industry was rapidly diminishing. Since many local people worked at the plant, the loss was felt