Building record MDO19653 - Chiswell gas works, Portland

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Summary

Portland gas works marked on maps of 1864, 1889, 1901, 1926-7, which show some alterations to the site.

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Gas works marked on maps of 1864, 1889, 1901, 1926-7, which show some alterations to the site. (1-4) A published photograph show the entrance in the late 1950s. (5)

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1889. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LVIII.7.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1901. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LVIII.7.
  • <4> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1929. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LX.7.
  • <5> Monograph: Morris, S. 2006. Portland Then and Now. plate 34a.

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Location

Grid reference SY 6825 7390 (point)
Map sheet SY67SE
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 13 2007 3:14AM

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