Perth Gas Company Explained

Perth Gas Company was a gas producer in Perth, Western Australia. It had plant in East Perth that was constructed in 1886, and superseded by new operators and plant in 1922.

The company conducted a range of improvements and modifications to its works.^[1]

In the 1890s there were various governmental actions regarding the company.

The company was in liquidation in 1913.^[2]

It was the predecessor to the East Perth Gas Works which established its operations a decade later.

Records of the company have survived in archival institutions.

Notes and References

1. - noting from details in trove: Plan of lot no. 1 of Perth town lot P8 showing improvements (ground plan of Perth Gas Company's works), scale 1 in. = 10 links; Pencil sketch of Perth Gas Company's works with additional building interior information; Perth Gas Company's buildings (pencil sections of engine and boiler house workshop and store, side and end plans of cooling tower), scale 1/8[links?](ca. 1:63)
2. News: PERTH GAS COMPANY. . . LXIX . 5,413 . South Australia . 30 November 1912 . 7 June 2018 . 56 . National Library of Australia.