MYSTIC
Gas Stripping Tower Plaque
Brisbane, Australia
Gas Stripping Tower This plaque was unveiled by The Right and Honourable The Lord Mayor of Brisbane Alderman Sallyanne Atkinson on the 27th August 1988 To mark the completion of refurbishment of the tower and the provision of picnic grounds by Allgas Energy Ltd. as a bicentennial gift to the people of Brisbane The tower, fabricated in Yorkshire in 1912 was erected near the site to strip tar and ammonia from coal gas produced by the South Brisbane Gas & Light Company Ltd. It was reassembled here in 1980 by the National Trust of Queensland N.W. Hobson President National Trust of Queensland J.M. Dowrie O.B.E. Chairman Allgas Energy Ltd.