Nelson Coke & Gas
Nelson Coke & Gas
600 Railway Street, Nelson, BC
1900 - The business of the Coke and Gas Works was to import coal and export refined products, including coke, tar, roofing pitch, creosote, preserving oils, paint and tar paper. As such, its location adjacent to the railway, for economical transportation, was a given. The gasworks part of the name came from its business of supplying the town with coal gas for heating and cooking.
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