08-Jul-2007, 02:47 PM
Allen Hathaway's had trouble registering and adding to the post, so here's his message.. hopefully he'll be joining the Forum soon. I'll also put this in the 'Newbies' section.
I'm a retired university professor of geological engineering (University of Missouri) and all-around anglophile; family emigrated to the Colonies, from Yorkshire in 1638, and later switched one "a" for an "e". I study gasworks around the world and have just discovered that you folks have not one derelict towne gas plant, but two! Always interested in swaping ideas and informnation, but, for starts, I am interested in the year of establishment of the Lostock gas works. I understanda, from Caroline Johnson, that 1856 is the year for Hough Lane. My website on
I'm a retired university professor of geological engineering (University of Missouri) and all-around anglophile; family emigrated to the Colonies, from Yorkshire in 1638, and later switched one "a" for an "e". I study gasworks around the world and have just discovered that you folks have not one derelict towne gas plant, but two! Always interested in swaping ideas and informnation, but, for starts, I am interested in the year of establishment of the Lostock gas works. I understanda, from Caroline Johnson, that 1856 is the year for Hough Lane. My website on