NEW GAS-MAKING PLANT IN OPERATION.—The Christchurch Gas Company’s new vertical intermittent carbonisation plant, which came into operation during the week-end and is already carrying 75 per cent, of the load for the metropolitan area. The 120 ft flume, a commanding feature of the north side, carries off steam when hot coke is quenched. The conveyers on the right take coke through the old retort house to the screening plant.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27985, 4 June 1956, Page 13
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69NEW GAS-MAKING PLANT IN OPERATION.—The Christchurch Gas Company’s new vertical intermittent carbonisation plant, which came into operation during the week-end and is already carrying 75 per cent, of the load for the metropolitan area. The 120 ft flume, a commanding feature of the north side, carries off steam when hot coke is quenched. The conveyers on the right take coke through the old retort house to the screening plant. Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27985, 4 June 1956, Page 13
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