Gasworks at Nine Elms Battersea 1958 George Elgar Hicks Standing alongside this statue of

Standing alongside this statue of the 19th-century Statesman Lord Palmerston

Brockley and Lewisham

and the importance of London's communications with the rest of the world

organisations or venues that have sometimes been forgotten or overlooked

which could swing out to discharge and load cargoes from waiting ships and barges

Gasworks at Nine Elms Battersea 1958 George Elgar Hicks Standing alongside this statue ofThe 19th century gasworks in Nine Elms, Battersea were built by the Gas Light and Coke Company. In 1952, after lengthy reconstruction following the Second World War damage, a new coal handling plant and jetty were built at Nine Elms to expand the works. Coal continued to be brought to the site directly from the ships on the Thames. By the late 1950s, the industry was rapidly diminishing. Since many local people worked at the plant, the loss was felt