NWGB Gas - North West Gas Board cover, street,road ironwork, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2PL


The North Western Gas Board was a state-owned utility area gas board providing gas for light and heat to industries and homes in the north-west of England. It was established on 1 May 1949 under the terms of the Gas Act 1948, and dissolved in 1973 when it became a region of the newly formed British Gas Corporation, British Gas North Western, as a result of the Gas Act 1972.


Size: 3768px × 3648px
Location: Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2PL
Photo credit: © Tony Smith / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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