Friday Photos: Gasholders

By Laura Reynolds Last edited 88 months ago

Laura Reynolds Friday Photos: Gasholders

Kensal Green gasholder. Photo: Matt Brown

Barges on an icy Regent's Canal, Bethnal Green, in 2010. Photo: Bob Bob

Gasholders on the edge of the Battersea Power Station development. Photo: st_hart

Leigh Road gasholder in East Ham in 2013. Photo: HoosierSands

Gasholder in Greenwich Peninsula, taken from Charlton Road in 2013. Photo: Neil Clasper

Hornsey gasholder. Photo: Whiskey With An E

Looking across Regent's Canal to King's Cross. Photo: Gary Kinsman

Not the French Riviera, but the River Thames in Greenwich. Photo: Stuart Sunley

Another shot of the Bethnal Green gasholder, in 2011. Photo: Bob Bob

Cambridge Heath in 2006. Photo: Dave Gorman

Another shot of the King's Cross gasholder. Photo: Lee Jackson/Victorian London

Gasworks 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.

Thanks to the following photographers for use of their images via the Londonist Flickr pool: Bob Bob (and again), Chris Beaumont, Dave Gorman, Gary Kinsman, HoosierSands, Lee Jackson/Victorian London, Matt Brown, Neil Clasper, st_hart, Stuart Sunley, Whiskey With An E