Gasworks building, Bydgoszcz
former Coal gas factory in Bydgoszcz, Poland
The Gasworks building, is a historical edifice built between 1859 and 1860 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. It has also been known as the Bydgoszcz District Gas Plant and as Pomeranian Gas Company, Branch Gas Plant of Bydgoszcz. In 2003, it became part of the Polska Spółka Gazownictwa (Pomeranian Gas Company), as a branch called Gas Plant in Bydgoszcz.
Location
The edifice is the administrative seat of Bydgoszcz gasworks offices, settled at 42 Jagiellońska Street. The company still occupies the historical technical and administrative buildings on the current plot.
History
Prussian period
The Gasworks company of Bydgoszcz is one of the oldest in Poland. The building was built in 1859, on a selected area of the Brda river, and it was placed into active service on 1 October 1860, when the city was part of Prussia. The choice of the location was done so that it was possible to bring coal by waterways from the Vistula River or the Bydgoszcz Canal. The power plant was located on the former eastern outskirts of the city. The gas was produced by the combustion of coal, hence its name coal gas, or "town gas".
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