William Murdock and Nechells Gasworks bronze plaque

Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

This plaque records the bicentenary of the first practical use of coal gas in Britain. In 1792, William Murdock, the Scottish engineer who was closely associated with Boulton & Watts' Soho Foundry in Birmingham used coal-gas to light his house in Redruth, Cornwall and in doing so, laid the foundatio

ns of an industry which now encompasses the world. On this site stood part of the former Nechells Gasworks one of a number of large town gasworks operated by Birmingham Corporation until Nationalisati

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