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Summary Of: Town gas

late 1880s played an important role in selling town gas to domestic and commercial customers... The slow death of the town gas industry in the UK was signalled by the discovery of natural gas... from burning town gas to burn natural gas... The British town gas industry died on... when the last town gas burning appliances were converted to natural gas in... in town gas made it extremely poisonous... installed in towns and cities for town gas have been replaced by... so many former town gas plants are a serious...

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