Laura ReynoldsFriday Photos: GasholdersKensal Green gasholder. Photo: Matt BrownBarges on an icy Regent's Canal, Bethnal Green, in 2010. Photo: Bob BobGasholders on the edge of the Battersea Power Station development. Photo: st_hartLeigh Road gasholder in East Ham in 2013. Photo: HoosierSandsGasholder in Greenwich Peninsula, taken from Charlton Road in 2013. Photo: Neil ClasperHornsey gasholder. Photo: Whiskey With An ELooking across Regent's Canal to King's Cross. Photo: Gary KinsmanNot the French Riviera, but the River Thames in Greenwich. Photo: Stuart SunleyAnother shot of the Bethnal Green gasholder, in 2011. Photo: Bob BobCambridge Heath in 2006. Photo: Dave GormanAnother shot of the King's Cross gasholder. Photo: Lee Jackson/Victorian LondonGasworks in Hackney, near Broadway Market, in 2007. Photo: Chris Beaumont
Some people despise these industrial Victorian structures, while others think there is a certain beauty to them. Gasholders are a big part of the London landscape, but many are now obsolete and being removed. King's Cross gasholder n0.8 in particular has been party to ongoing development over the last few years: taken down in 2011, restored in 2013 (albeit a few hundred metres from the original spot), with planning permission to turn it into a public park granted just last year. Here, we pay homage to the mighty gasholder.