By London's Regent's Canal where it passes through Bethnal Green are two gasholders. The older of the pair is smaller and the larger is the newer one. They were built in 1888 and 1889 by the Imperial Gas Light & Coke Company in connection with the nearby Shoreditch Gasworks. The canal was used as the means by which coal was brought to the gasworks for conversion into gas and the gasholders held a reserve of the inflammable material. Today they are a piece of visually interesting industrial archaeology which the local community would like to see continuing to enliven the the skyscape.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Sony DSC-RX100
