Langholm, Gasworks
Gas Works (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Langholm, Gasworks
Classification Gas Works (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Langholm Gas Works
Canmore ID 67677
Site Number NY38SE 33
NGR NY 36477 84340
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67677
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Langholm
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY38SE 33 36477 8434
(Location cited as NY 364 844). Langholm Gas Works, founded 1836. A group of white-washed rubble buildings, with a Belfast-roofed retort house containing 2 benches of 6 retorts, and a square-section brick chimney. The purifiers are under an open-sided shelter, supported on cast-iron columns. The main holder is of the 2-section self-supporting type, made by Henry Balfour and Co., Leven, 1932, and there is a small regulating holder used in conjunction with a rubber holder during repairs to the main holder.
J R Hume 1976.
The gasworks are depicted on the OS 1:2599 scale map of 1899 (Dumfriesshire, sht 45), and have since been demolished.
Information from RCAHMS (SC), May 2002.