The first gasworks in Palmerston North was brought into operation on February 26, 1889, and was owned and operated by a private company, J B Coates and Col. Ltd, of Melbourne. In 1914 the gasworks was bought by the Borough Council, and in 1922 a new gasworks on Napier Road was opened.
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Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- 1889
- Digitisation ID
- 2007P_G19_EPN_0266
- Held In
- Coolstore
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- Unknown
- Place
- Palmerston North
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