A gasometer was incorporated into the first small gasworks built for the Soho manufactory in 1798. William Murdoch and his pupil Samuel Clegg went on to instal retorts in individual factories and other workplaces. The earliest was in 1805, at Lee & Phillips, Salford Twist Mill, where eight gas holders were installed.

Do gasometers still exist?

Gas holders are also known as gasometers, a term coined by the inventor of gas lighting, William Murdoch. ... To avoid confusion, the structures are now most commonly referred to as gas holders, though gasometer is still accepted.

When were gas towers built?

The gasworks built in 1811 produced coal gas to light the textile mill, the village street and mill manager's house. It is now protected as a scheduled monument on private land. The world's first public gasworks was built at Westminster in 1813 and soon gas lighting would spread to towns and cities across England.