Stawell Gas Holder, 47-49 Wimmera Street, STAWELL

The Gas Holder at Stawell is a riveted steel structure built in 1910 and rebuilt in 1940, as part of the Stawell Gas Works. The Stawell gas Works is a currently operating Gas & fuel Corporation depot on its original 1872 site. The gas works complex shows the evolution of the original works from 1872 to the present day; gas derived from coal processed on site to shipped in Tempered Liquid Petroleum Gas (TLPG). Most of the nineteenth century buildings have been demolished with the exception of the lower portions of some walls of the original retort house, they being incorporated into the existing offices and workshop/store after the Gas & Fuel Corporation acquired control of the works.

The Stawell Gas Holder is the second oldest surviving after the Hamilton gas Holder, and is an essentially intact example of a once common industrial structure. The gas holder represents a process and function of the gas industry from gas derived from coal processed on site to shipped in TLPG gas. The Gas Works at Stawell at Stawell demonstrates an association with two important local personalities, George Kay and Wilkinson, who initiated, owned and operated the original works.

Overall, the Stawell Gas Holder, 47-49 Wimmera Street is of STATE significance.

Group

Utilities - Gas

Category

Other - Utilities - Gas