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A gasometer, or gas-holder, is a large container where natural gas or town gas is stored near atmospheric pressure at ambient temperatures. The volume of the container follows the quantity of stored gas, with pressure coming from the weight of a movable cap. Typical volumes for large gasometers are about 50,000 m³, with 60 m diameter structures. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 634 KB) Taken by me and released to public domain I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
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West Ham is a district in the London Borough of Newham, in east London, England, located 6. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2080x1544, 448 KB)The famous gasholders at the Oval, as photographed by self on 17 April 2005. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2080x1544, 448 KB)The famous gasholders at the Oval, as photographed by self on 17 April 2005. ...
The famous gasometers, which are now listed buildings. ...
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Natural gas is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane but including significant quantities of ethane, butane, propane, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, helium and hydrogen sulfide. ...
Town gas is a generic term referring to manufactured gas produced for sale to consumers and municipalities. ...
To help compare different orders of magnitudes this page lists volumes between 10,000 and 100,000 ( to ) cubic metres. ...
Gasometers tend to be used for balancing purposes (making sure gas pipes can be operate within a safe range of pressures) rather than for actually storing gas for later use. Gas is nowadays stored in large underground reservoirs such as salt caverns. Nowadays however line-packing is the prefered method. Often gas is stored in the summer when it is cheap and sold in the winter when the price goes up.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s it was thought that gasholders could be replaced with high pressure bullets. However, regulations brought in meant that all new bullets must be built several miles out of towns and cities and the security of storing large amounts of high pressure natural gas above ground made them unpopular with local people and councils. Bullets are gradually being decomissioned. It is also posible to store natural gas in a liquid form and is widely practiced throughout the world. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ...
The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ...
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Gasholders hold a large advantage over other methods of storage. They are the only storage method which keeps the gas at district pressure. Once the District Low Pressure Switch falls and the booser fans come on, the gas in these holders can be at homes, being used in a very short space of time. Gas is stored in these throughout the day when little gas is being used. At about 5pm there is a great demand for gas and the holder will come down, supplying the district.
There are two types of gasholders. The earlier column guided variations were built in Victorian times and have a frame, visible at all times. Spiral guided gasholders were built in the UK up until 1983. These have no frame and each lift is guided by the one below, rotating as it goes up. Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, June 20, 1837) gave her name to the historic era. ...
Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ...
Gasometers are often a major part of the skylines of low-rise British cities, due to their large distinctive shape and central location. The pollution associated with gasworks and gas storage makes the land difficult to reclaim for other purposes, but some gasometers, notably in Vienna, have been converted into living space and shopping mall. “Wien†redirects here. ...
Most British cities will have several gasholders. London, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Newcastle and Glasgow are noted for having many gasholders. In the past holder stations would have an operator living on site controlling their movement. However with the process control systems now used on these sites, such an operator is obsolete. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
Manchester shown within England Coordinates: , Sovereign state United Kingdom Constituent country England Region North West England Ceremonial county Greater Manchester Admin HQ Manchester City Centre Founded 13th Century City Status 1853 Government - Type Metropolitan borough, City - Governing body Manchester City Council Area - Borough & City 115. ...
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. ...
Leeds is a major city in West Yorkshire, England. ...
This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ...
“Glaswegian†redirects here. ...
The term gasometer was originally coined by William Murdoch, the inventor of gas lighting, in the early 1800s. Despite the objections of his associates that his so-called "gazometer" was not a meter but a container, the name was retained and came into general use. The word is also used to describe a meter for measuring the amount of gas flowing through a particular pipe. William Murdoch. ...
Captain Nemo and Professor Aronnax contemplating measuring instruments in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea In physics and engineering, measurement is the activity of comparing physical quantities of real-world objects and events. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1944x2592, 640 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Gasometer Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create...
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Bernau bei Berlin (English Bernau near Berlin) is a German city in the Barnim district. ...
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Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1101x392, 61 KB) Gas tanks File links The following pages link to this file: Gasometer ...
See also Gasometer Vienna The Gasometers in Vienna are four former gas tanks, each of 90,000 m³ storage capacity, built as part of the Vienna municipal gas works Gaswerk Simmering in 1896–1899. ...
External links - Gasometer Oberhausen, Germany
- Gasometer Vienna, Austria
- Gasometer Schlieren, Switzerland
- 'Cakehunter' a UK based Gasometer fan page
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