Australian Gas Light Company records and photographs, 1837-1961
Australian Gas Light Company records and photographs, 1837-1961
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Date
1837-1961
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336 volumes, 21 boxes and 2 folders of textual material, including outsize material - manuscript, printed
73 photographs - 13 x 10.5 cm - 20 x 24 cm - black & white
1 album (104 photoprints)
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Fonds
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Contents
Series 01-15
Australian Gas Light Company records, 1837-1961
Series 16
Australian Gas Light Company - photographic album
Series 17
Photographs from the Australian Gas Light Company records, 1842-1932
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Full title
Australian Gas Light Company records and photographs, 1837-1961
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Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
The Australian Gas Light Company was formed in Sydney in 1837. After equipment was brought from England and buildings constructed in Jenkins Street, Darling Harbour, operations were commenced in 1841. Demand for gas led to the laying of mains and the building of an additional manufacturing plant at Mortlake. In 1890 the company purchased the goodwi...
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YRlZoAdn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZoAdn
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938117
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