On 16 January 2025, the Museum of Technology had the pleasure of welcoming Charles Rivers Associates for an away day like no other. The party was taken on a tour of the site of the former gasworks (adjacent to the Museum) and learned about the remarkable history of the area.
Charles Dickens once remarked in his article ‘The Genii of the Lamps’ (October 1861), ‘the manufacture of gas, although it includes many beautiful scientific processes, is not on the whole, a sightly operation. What is not seen may be refined and interesting; but what is seen decidedly savours of pandemonium.’
Thankfully the visit was far from pandemonium but harmonious and culminated in a private viewing of the Museum.
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