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Event    From 1813 

first public supply of gas in the world

Categories: Engineering

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Royal Charter granted in 1812 to Gas Light and Coke Company for street lighting in London. published a lovely piece about the lamp lights of Victorian London still burning across the city.

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first public supply of gas in the world

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Gas Light and Coke Company

Unveiled by councillor Carolyn Keen, Lord Mayor of Westminster.

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