Leeds-The great Gasometer in the sky!

[tilly]

BigVern wrote: My dad worked on the construction of the Meadow Lane gasholders (he was a welder), and inordinately proud of it he was too!He also worked on a similar gasholder in St. Ives, Cornwall, not long after he first came to England from Barbados in ca. '61. That gasholder has now been replaced by the wonderful Tate Gallery (I won't post pics, this isn't Secretcornwall )Can't quite envision a Tate Gallery in Hunslet, sadly... Hi BigVern He should be proud its not every welder who has the skill to work on gasholder construction there is no room for mistakes when you think of whats inside there is no room for error.If there was a bad weld you cant just grind it out and reweld it.I have worked with good welders in the past and its no easy job before they would set them on they had to do a test piece this was sent off for testing if that failed then no job.I used to watch them useing argon arc welders on nickel chrome pipe work i used to envy there skills

[geoffb]

tilly wrote: BigVern wrote: My dad worked on the construction of the Meadow Lane gasholders (he was a welder), and inordinately proud of it he was too!He also worked on a similar gasholder in St. Ives, Cornwall, not long after he first came to England from Barbados in ca. '61. That gasholder has now been replaced by the wonderful Tate Gallery (I won't post pics, this isn't Secretcornwall )Can't quite envision a Tate Gallery in Hunslet, sadly... Hi BigVern He should be proud its not every welder who has the skill to work on gasholder construction there is no room for mistakes when you think of whats inside there is no room for error.If there was a bad weld you cant just grind it out and reweld it.I have worked with good welders in the past and its no easy job before they would set them on they had to do a test piece this was sent off for testing if that failed then no job.I used to watch them useing argon arc welders on nickel chrome pipe work i used to envy there skills Big VernI second Tillys comments, your dad was a top man, the welders in the gas industry are some of the most skilled craftsmen in the Country. When you think about it, welding a pipeline carrying gas at over 1000psi where any mistake could be catastrophic. Welds on these pipelines all have to be xrayed to ensure there are no faulty welds, any mistakes have to be totally ground out back to base metal then rewelded so the expense is very high. Theres not many welders working on these pipelines who make more than one mistake. Did your dad work for Claytons?

[Cardiarms]

http://www.leodis.org/display.aspx?reso ... AY=FULLThe Kirkstall Gas Holder, though its more in Burley to me.Minor street is now where the Shell garage shop is.

[BigVern]

geoffb and Tilly, thanks for your compliments - my dad would be chuffed!He was an expert, no doubt - even during the economic crises in the early 70s, he was never laid off, never unemployed. When he left us in 1974 (another story...), he moved to Canada, and worked for the same firm for 26 years until his death in 2001. I can't say with any certainty that he worked for Claytons, but it does sound familiar.He was one of 6 brothers, 4 of whom were welders, and my Uncle Lionel didn't retire until he was 73 (he lives in Bramley, and writing this is shaming me to get in touch with him).One big plus about this as a kid was my bogey/go-kart (not sure who else called them bogeys?). While my mates were breaking limbs on a set of pram wheels attached to a table top, I was reaching terrifying speeds on my custom made beauty complete with brakes!

[Cardiarms]

The Key words for this picture are Viaduct Road, Kirkstall Road, petrol station, Garage:http://www.leodis.org/display.aspx?reso ... SPLAY=FULL

[The Parksider]

Superb piccy of an air raid shelter under construction in somerset street with the york st gasometer on the skyline on Leodis. Oh how I wish I could post the damn things!!!

[The Parksider]

And nice piccys of the York St Gasworks being demolished for quarry hill flats also on Leodis!

[Phill_dvsn]

The Parksider wrote: And nice piccys of the York St Gasworks being demolished for quarry hill flats also on Leodis! Can you add the link to the web pages, for us to click on and see the pics instead?    

[Si]

The Parksider wrote: Superb piccy of an air raid shelter under construction in somerset street with the york st gasometer on the skyline on Leodis. Oh how I wish I could post the damn things!!! This one, Parksider?

[Si]

The Parksider wrote: And nice piccys of the York St Gasworks being demolished for quarry hill flats also on Leodis! There's loads of pictures of this. Here's a couple.