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British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South
British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South in England North East, United Kingdom.
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- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Paid entry
About
British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Gas Council Engineering Research Station (ERS) was a former engineering research institute on Tyneside in England, situated in a distinctively-shaped and Grade II* listed building, now occupied by the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside.
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Background
History
The nearby £750,000 glass-fronted Norgas House had been officially opened in Killingworth on 16 July 1965 by the wife of Sir Henry Jones, the chairman of the Gas Council. It was the headquarters of the Northern Gas Board. The computer could churn out two gas bills per second. There were 705,000 customers, 6,200 employees, and a turnover of £2.7 million. Sir Henry Jones combined the twelve gas boards into British Gas in 1973. The Northern Gas Training Centre was also in Killingworth. The Gas Council also built a main national control centre on Coventry Road in Hinckley, Leicestershire in 1972. Construction of the £650,000 natural gas control centre had begun in January 1969, being announced…
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- Coordinates
- 55.0365, -1.5815
- Address
- Killingworth, Tyne & Wear, NE12 0SB
- Established
- 1967
Sources
- wikidata: Q17534687 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Gas Council Engineering Research Station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South?
- British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South is in North-East England, United Kingdom.
- When was British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South built?
- Built or established in 1967.
- Who owns British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South?
- British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South is owned by British Gas, Northern Gas Board.