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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.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
1889
Digitisation ID
2007P_G19_EPN_0266
Held In
Coolstore

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