Brigham City Bugler | 1891-08-22 | Page 2 | The Largest Gas Tank in the World

I Tho Lnrgcut Gas Tunk in the World. 1 The erection of an immense gas holder i said to be tlio largest in the world is now under way for the E:ist Greenwich station in Londoo. Somo idea of the magnitude of the structure may bo obtained wheu it is stated that it will have a. capacity of 12,-01)0,000 12,-01)0,000 feet of gas; that it will be 300 feet in diameter, with an altitude of 180 feet when at its full height; that its total weight will be 2,300 tons, of which 1,840 ! tons will bo of wrought iron, CO tons of : cast iron and 830 tons of steel, mid that it will require 1,200 tons of eo;il to fill it with ! g-is. For the reception of the gigantio gos- oineter a concrete tank 303 feet in diameter and 31 feet G inches deep has been made, at a cost of $75,000, the greater p.rt of the work having been done by the si.okers, who would otherwise have been discharged during the summer mouths. The cost of the holder atouc its manufacture, erection and completion will be t"J0o,975. Now York Telegram.