A view of St.Johns Crossing, Bridge Road, Stockton, showing the Stockton And Darlington railway office and Railway Tavern.c1880A gas street lamp, included in a view of St. Johns crossing, Bridge Road, Stockton. c1800
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A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
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Surely misdated, given that photography was not invented until decades later. But certainly a very historic photograph..
The earliest gas lamps had to be very large as the gas inside burnt like a large candle flame. The development of the much superior gas mantle, in part a reaction to street lighting by electricity, came in during the 1880-90s and permitted a much smaller enclosure
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