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The history of gas

Retort house at Fakenham museum

Inside the retort house at Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local History

A compressor station

A compressor station on Britain's National Gas Transmission System

By following the links to the right, you can find out more about he history of gas in Britain, from its origins in the late seventeenth century as little more than a dinner party trick to becoming one of Britain's and the world's most important sources of energy.