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Ipswich Gas & Coke Company Ltd.

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The Ipswich Gas and Coke Company Ltd. was situated at The Terrace, North Ipswich. The company commenced business in 1877 and was managed by a local directorate. In February of that year they purchased almost 10.5 acres near the north bank of the Bremer River.

Thomas B. Cribb was the Chairman of Directors at the first General Meeting of shareholders.

The first gas mains were laid on 27 May, 1877 in North Ipswich. Without delay the Ipswich Town Council arranged for street gas lamps to be erected and gas lamps placed in the School of Arts.

The first street gas lamps in Ipswich were lit on the night of 14 August 1877?

Local coal was used in the manufacturing process.

In 1878 the first gasometer for storing gas was erected with a second deemed necessary by 1884.

In 1928, the Ipswich Gas & Coke Company amalgamated with the Colonial Gas Association, a Melbourne based gasworks company.

The plant was updated in 1937 with further expansion planned to be carried out in 1950. A third gasometer was constructed in the 1950’s to cope with rising demand. By 1960 there were 65 miles of gas mains in Ipswich and suburbs.

After natural gas was introduced to Ipswich in 1969, the old brick gasworks was demolished. One gasholder built about 1961 was left standing and the storage tank site is now part of Riverlink Shopping Centre.

Ipswich Gas and Coke Co. Ltd also occupied a building at the corner of Limestone and Nicholas Streets. This property would eventually be the home of Keidge Motors and then part of the current Civic Centre which opened in 1975.

References (offline)The Ipswich Gas and Coke works, North Ipswich (Local Stories)
https://www.ipswichlibraries.com.au/the-ipswich-gas-and-coke-works-north-ipswich/

L.E. Slaughter, Ipswich Municipal Centenary, Ipswich: Ipswich City Council, 1960, P94.

Queensland Times Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser, Tuesday 11 March 1879, P3, Ipswich Gas and Coke Co. Ltd.

Queensland Times Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser, Saturday 9 March 1878, P3, Ipswich Gas and Coke Co.

Robyn Buchanan, Ipswich in the 20th century, Ipswich: Ipswich City Council, 2004, P113.

Images - Whitehead Studio

Bremer River in Flood, Ipswich, January 1927

Gas and Coke Works, The Terrace, North Ipswich, 1920s

Gas and Coke Works, The Terrace, North Ipswich, early 1950s

Gasworks, North Ipswich, 1925-1926

Gasworks, North Ipswich, c.1925-1926

Ipswich Gas & Coke Co. Ltd. Display, Ipswich Show, Ipswich, 1960

Ipswich Gas & Coke Company Ltd. display at the Ipswich Show, Ipswich, 1957

Ipswich Gas Company, Window Display, Nicholas Street, Ipswich, 1959

Ipswich gasworks interior, The Terrace, North Ipswich, 1950s

Ipswich gasworks, The Terrace, North Ipswich, 1950s

Keidge Motors, corner of Limestone and Nicholas Streets, Ipswich, 1958

Railway Bridge, Bremer River in flood, Ipswich, January 1927

The Ipswich Gas & Coke Co Ltd display at the Ipswich Show, Ipswich 1959

The Ipswich Gas & Coke Co Ltd. display at the Ipswich Show, Ipswich, 1958

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Bremer River, Ipswich, with Railway Bridge and St Mary's in background, 1940s

Gas and Coke Works, North Ipswich, 1970

Scotts Foundry during flood, Ipswich, 1974

Histories

Industrial - North Ipswich - Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 2

Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 2: Inventory of Heritage Items: Aboriginal and Industrial

Ipswich Municipal Centenary

Why we love Ipswich

Images - Ips Heritage Study

Gasworks storage tank, 8 The Terrace, North Ipswich, 1991

Maps & Plans

Queensland Twenty Chain series sheet 2522, 1930

Queensland Twenty Chain series sheet 2522, 1969

Letters & Manuscripts

Minute Book - Ipswich City Council, 1914-1916

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Keidge Motors

Planning Scheme Histories

Bell Street 1 to 5, Ipswich - history

Images - Ips Genealogical Soc.

Bell Street, Ipswich, 1920s

Heritage Trails

Central and North Ipswich Engineering Heritage: A Walk / Drive Tour, Judith Nissen & Brian Becconsall, 2022

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Street The TerraceSuburbNorth Ipswich

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