![]() ![]() In 1824, a wooden bridge was constructed to link several rocks for the visitors. The Bastei has been a tourist attraction for over 200 years. They are also part of a climbing and hiking area that extends over the borders into the Bohemian Switzerland ( Czech Republic). ![]() ![]() They are situated near Rathen, not far from Pirna southeast of the city of Dresden, and are the major landmark of the Saxon Switzerland National Park. Reaching a height of 305 metres (1,001 ft) above sea level, the jagged rocks of the Bastei were formed by water erosion over one million years ago. The Bastei is a rock formation rising 194 metres (636 ft) above the Elbe River in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains of Germany. The Bastei Bridge Aerial image of the Bastei rock formation JSTOR ( December 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. ![]() In the background is the Sulphate of Ammonia Plant, built about 1894, later housing the Liquor Concentration Plant. Sulphate of ammonia was a by-product of the coal gas production process and was used as a fertiliser.This article needs additional citations for verification. Walker of Donnington, and later Assistant Engineer and Manager of Reading Gas Company (1916 to 1938). Rumble, site representative for the construction contractors Messrs C. The man in the white coat and straw hat is Mr L.A. This photograph shows a pile driver at work on 'Simplex' piles for the foundations of no.4 gas holder at Reading Gasworks in about 1905. Many gasholders, including Reading's, were retained to store natural gas and to balance pressure in the supply network. From the late 1960s the UK converted to North Sea natural gas and the coal gasworks gradually closed. They were often located beside rivers and canals for the easy delivery of coal by barge. Reading's nineteenth and twentieth century gasworks produced coal gas (also known as town gas) by heating coal in the absence of air to create a fuel that was piped for lighting and heating across the town. Many archaeological finds were found during the construction of the bridge and gasworks between 18. Contemporary newspaper articles mention many medieval and Roman artefacts found in 'various stratifications of the Kennet beds' during the digging of foundations for the new iron bridge. These finds were recorded by Reading Museum's first curator Dr Joseph Stevens and many were displayed in the new Reading Museum which opened in 1883. It shows the large cast iron Borough of Reading coat of arms that still decorate the bridge. This photograph by Jim Harold is part of a series of 50 commissioned by Reading Foundation for Art, and exhibited under the title 'A Reading Record' in 1980. To access the enlarged gasworks the Gas Company created the private Gasworks Road through the southern part of the Huntley & Palmers Biscuit Factory and over a new brick and iron bridge. In 1880 Reading Gas Company bought a 13-acre site from William Isaac Palmer of Huntley & Palmers biscuit company to expand its Kings Road gasworks. Childs, reprinted 1967, Reading During the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century This new competition led to cheaper prices and better service for customers including an expansion in street lighting. However by the 1830s there were widespread complaints about the quality of the lighting, leading to the formation of the rival Reading Union Gas Company with its new gasworks just off the Kings Road in the east of the town, also beside the River Kennet. The new gas lamps were considered to be 'not only ornamental but a great protection against noctornal depredators'. The Reading Gas Company was formed in 1818 and on 5 November 1819 (Bonfire Night!) the main streets of Reading were lit by gas for the first time. This print of about 1870 shows the Reading Gas Company's works in the centre of the view on the north bank of the River Kennet, with the the Seven Bridges Brewery of H&G Simonds on the left (which was designed by Sir John Soane), and the tail-race of St Giles' Mill bottom right and the High Bridge to the right. ![]()
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