These huge gas holders were in the middle of the city, between Central Station and the shopping area uptown, until 1922. They were opposite Belmore Park, across the road from the later Capitol Theatre, and supplied the southern part of the city with gas piped in from the AGL refinery at Darling Harbour, which was near today's Barangaroo.
The sandstone building in the Google Street View below is a remnant of the Australian Gas Light offices built later in the Victorian period. When it was restored a few decades ago, the original signage was removed, but you can still make out some of the ghost lettering on the parapet.
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