In March 2015 Archaeology South-East (a division of the Centre for Applied Archaeology, UCL) carried out a programme of historic building recording of the Cremorne Lane Gas Holder Station in Norwich (NGR: 624797 30789); Fig. 1). The work was commissioned by Montagu Evans LLP on behalf of National Grid, in relation to the proposed redevelopment of the gasworks site. The site contains a single gasholder, a series of operational and non-operational ancillary buildings, access routes and open storage areas. The gasholder was constructed in 1958 by Dempster and Sons and represents a typical mid-20th century low-pressure water sealed holder. The gasholder is based on a British spiral-guided design patented in 1887 by Gadd and Mason of Manchester. Its steel construction and above ground tank is reflective of the continued advances in gasholder innovation. Two separate ancillary structures, comprising an electrical switch room and storeroom are located adjacent to the east. The gasholder, as part of the wider site was constructed in response to the need for increased gas storage capacity and manufacture within Norwich and the surrounding area.
H Green (2015) studied this question.