tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710611656756005747.post2998680606231838931..comments2024-03-27T09:59:48.839+00:00Comments on Greenwich Industrial History: Gas Holder Stuff - the East Greenwich Gasholder. by Stewart AshDavid Riddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841234446226688028noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710611656756005747.post-43846611459295812872020-07-03T17:32:12.242+01:002020-07-03T17:32:12.242+01:00Part of the site remained operational for South Ea...Part of the site remained operational for South Eastern Gas operations beyond 1976 with an office near the 2 gas holders. I worked at the site in the early to mid 80s and worked on the recommissioning of the holders after the IRA bombing in 1979. The site was manned 24/7 until the mid 80s when the operation of the gas holders was automated.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748912869009724424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710611656756005747.post-54256594013210716232017-06-29T11:12:05.168+01:002017-06-29T11:12:05.168+01:00The Silvertown explosion and the holder - there wa...The Silvertown explosion and the holder - there was a generation in Greenwich who all swore they had seen a flaming bolt - a scaffolding pole or similar - fly across the river and pierce the gasholder. The truth - rather more prosaically - is that it seems to have been ruptured by the shock wave. An friend - elderly in the 1970s - told me that as a small boy they had heard the explosion and seen the fireball of gas explode in the air above Greenwich. He said to is mother 'Mummy, is it the end of the world'?' and she said 'Yes'.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13988393651468490255noreply@blogger.com