Fremantle Gas and Coke Company
.png) The factory on Cantonment Street in 1953 | |
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| ASX: FGC | |
| Industry | Gas Production |
| Founded | 29 July 1885 |
| Founder | RS Newbald |
| Defunct | 1986 |
| Fate | Sold to State Energy Commission of Western Australia |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | Western Australia |
| Products | Gas |
The Fremantle Gas and Coke Company was a Western Australian company based in Fremantle.
History
The Fremantle Gas and Coke Company commenced operation in 1885 to power and light Fremantle.[1][2]
The company had a siding from the Fremantle railway marshalling yard in the early twentieth century.
In 1952 the company constructed a new gas producer.[3] The gasworks' main feature was its gas holding domes, which were removed in the 1970s.[4][5]
In the 1960s the Fremantle Gas and Coke company served 14,440 customers in a separate market zone from the State Electricity Commission, which provided the rest of the Perth metropolitan area.[6] In 1986, it was purchased by the State Energy Commission of Western Australia which later attracted the interest of the WA Inc royal commission.[7]
References
- ^ Uren, Malcolm (1966), Let there be light and heat and power : the history of the Fremantle Gas and Coke Company Limited (1885-1953), Fremantle Gas and Coke Co, retrieved 9 December 2015
- ^ "Fremantle Gas and Coke Coy Ltd" (PDF). State Library of Western Australia.
- ^ Illustrations Ltd; HRRC (1952), Fremantle Gas & Coke Co. Ltd. factory construction of new gas producer, retrieved 9 December 2015
- ^ Illustrations Ltd; HRRC (1958), Fremantle Gas and Coke Company [picture], retrieved 9 December 2015
- ^ "Landgate Map Viewer Plus". map-viewer-plus.app.landgate.wa.gov.au. Compare image from 1977 to 1974. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
- ^ Western Australia. Metropolitan Region Planning Authority; Harvey, Frank, 1913-; Perth (W.A. : Municipality). Town Planning Department (1968), Perth: region & people, Metropolitan Planning Authority, retrieved 9 December 2015
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - map of Public Utilities on page 51, stats from page 50 for the year 1965/1966 - ^ WA Inc hearings to open with Fremantle Gas and Coke deal Australian Financial Review 19 February 1991