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London Gas Museum
London Gas Museum. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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The London Gas Museum was a museum in West Ham in east London, England.

It was situated on Twelvetrees Crescent, in the London Borough of Newham, on the eastern side of the River Lea and near to Bromley-by-Bow tube station. The building dates from 1905 when it was part of a gas works and is still known as the London Gas Museum for post. Amongst other exhibits, it held a gas-powered radio, and an assortment of survey maps for gas companies.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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