Key Words :- sewer lamp sewer gas destructor lamp

Address :- Mulehouse Road, Crookes, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 1T
Grid Ref :- SK 32413 87604
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.384293 , Long -1.514159
Local Authority :- Sheffield City Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No :- 1246681,
Site Condition :- Site disused - but otherwise substantially intact

Description and History of Site:-
Patented by J E Webb & Co Birmingham 1895. Burned town gas to draw foul and potentially explosive gases from sewers. Sheffield had 84, erected between 1914 and 1935, believed to be greatest number in any British town, due mainly to the many hills in the area where gas could be trapped. Many have been preserved.

Further Reading and References:-
Bayliss, D (ed). A guide to the industrial history of South Yorkshire. Association for Industrial Archaeology, 1995, item L22g.

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