gasworks

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a factory where fuel gas is produced, stored, or distributed

   The old gasworks beside the canal was converted into workshops after the town changed its fuel supply.

An English compound of gas + works, using works in its industrial sense, 'a factory or plant.' The word became common when towns manufactured coal gas locally for lighting and heating.

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