The Preservation Research Office is reporting that the last of St. Louis’s gasometers is being torn down. That’s a shame, but I did spot one still standing off in the distance in Edinburgh.
Gasometers Live On, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Image by Jennifer Silverberg
02/09/2013, 05:09 pm
So, this is the same sort of structure as was along I-44 in Shrewsbury, correct? And if I understand how they work, the concept was that the tank “floats” in a sense, moving up and down inside the steel frame depending on how full it is. Very cool.
02/10/2013, 08:22 pm
Yes, you can see a picture of the Forest Park gasometer while it was still in operation; the tank rose and fell depending on gas supply:
http://www.builtstlouis.net/industrial/gasometer-fpse.html