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Lucky Poet wrote:I love this thread. [insert cat with wool jpeg here]
cell wrote:but I'm not sure how the multiple lift ones at Provan achieve this seal between segments. It might involve a double skin on the lower segment however it is defiantly water/oil as you can see the dirty oily marks on the outside.
cell wrote:Researcher, it could have been either depending on where you were coming from and your route, Provan had two large gas holders with a capacity of 16 million cubic feet, I believe the plant had a daily production capacity of more than 30 million cubic feet, Tradeston had three holders with a total capacity of 7 million cubic feet and a daily plant capacity of 7.5 million cubic feet, so I imagine if either works were not operating at full capacity over a weekend, then the holders could easily be emptied by normal consumption over a couple of days.
Robert, I like the paper work, I have a reference to the Dalmuir, Kilpatrick and Bowling Gas Company situated at Old Kilpatrick which was bought by the Partick, Hillhead and Maryhill Gas Company in 1890. I wonder if this connected to your West Kilpatrick company?
Ben, that crane is indeed a cracker, I suppose the benefit is that is partially self balancing. Do you have any other Tradestone pictures?
Toaster wrote:Anyone interested in Glasgow's Gasworks should read about one of the city's rare terrorist incidents, which took out one of the (then three) Tradeston gasometers back in 1883. Given that there's a specific date, a good one for digging around in the Mitchell archives, perhaps.
http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSA05247&remove=99&t=2
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