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Flame The Gasworks Museum
 
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| Address: | 44, Irish Quarter West, Carrickfergus, County Antrim | | Postcode: | BT38 8AT | | Nearest City: | Bangor | | Telephone: | 028 9336 9575 |
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Description
Flame gasworks is Ireland's sole surviving coal gasworks and is one of only three
left in the British Isles
Opened in 1855, it supplied Carrickfergus
with gas until 1965 and was closed in 1987
It is now fully restored
and was reopened as a visitor and educational attraction in August
2002
This museum gives
visitors the opportunity to:
- See
Europe's largest surviving set of horizontal retorts
- Find
out how gas was used through the decades
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Ascend the working gasholder for panoramic views of the town
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