Former Gasworks, Clayton Road, Lincoln

Oxford Archaeology was commissioned by Montagu Evans LLP on behalf of National Grid
to create an historic building record of the surviving gasholders and two ancillary
buildings at the former gasworks at Clayton Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, before and during
the dismantling of the gasholders. Gasholders 3 and 4 were above-ground spiral-guided
gasholders with three and four lifts respectively and constructed in 1931 and 1940. The
project has also included research on the history of the site. This forms part of a national
programme of recording these distinctive structures which have formed familiar
landmarks in towns and cities throughout much of the 19th and 20th centuries. The
archive record that is being produced will allow comparison between different sites.