Gas Light and Coke Company
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The Gas Light and Coke Company (also known as the Westminster Gas Light and Coke Company, and the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company),[1] was a company that made and supplied coal gas and coke. The headquarters of the company were located on Horseferry Road in Westminster, London. It is identified as the original company from which British Gas plc is descended.[2]
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Industry | Manufacture and distribution of coal gas |
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Founded | 1812 |
Defunct | 1949 |
Fate | nationalised |
Successor | Area gas boards |
Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | Beckton, Fulham, Nine Elms, Southall, Brentford, Bromley, Shoreditch, Stratford, Bow Common, Kensal Green, Southend-on-Sea, Staines, Harrow |
Area served | London north of the River Thames, Parts of Essex, Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire |
Key people | Frederick Albert Winsor Samuel Clegg Simon Adams Beck Sir David Milne-Watson Sir Michael Milne-Watson |
Products | Coal gas, coke, coal tar, chemical byproducts |
Number of employees | 21,250 (1948) |
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