noun
definition
A factory where coal is converted to coal gas and coke.
Examples of gasworks in a Sentence
It was hard indeed for a carter drawing coal to a gasworks to recognize the necessity which compelled a reduction in his wages because wool had fallen 20 7 0.
The corporation owns the water supply, public baths and wash-houses and the gasworks.
The gasworks have been notably more successful than the electric plants.
Free sulphur is also contained as "gas sulphur" in the "spent oxides" of gasworks, which are actually utilized for the manufacture of sulphuric acid.
A siding was later added to serve a small gasworks opposite the station.
Such uses might include gasworks, heavy industry, hospitals and landfill sites.
It involved land on which 11 residential properties had been constructed on the site of a former gasworks.
A far cry from when this panorama could be snatched only by peering through a gap out over the old gasworks.
He took over a small gasworks which had already been set up to the south of Angel Road.
The site had long been occupied by Europe's largest gasworks.
The town is supplied with gas by the local gasworks, at 4/7 per 1,000 cubic feet.
From 1814 he was employed in the city's first gasworks, eventually rising to become manager and chief engineer.
Bell Green gasworks site The Public Inquiry into the future of the derelict gasworks site at Bell Green starts on Tuesday next week.
The town gasworks might be sited close to the railroad to allow for the delivery of coal.
There was a noise of business from the gasworks, and the electric lamps were all alight.
All the paintings shown were made during Milton's three month residency at Gasworks Studios.
All the paintings shown were made during Milton 's three month residency at Gasworks Studios.
Gas-lime is a product obtained from gasworks where quicklime is used to purify the gas from sulphur compounds and other objectionable materials.