Gasworks

There's no point going to market if it's gonna fall flat on its face.

Um, and then the third area is around how we can stimulate, uh, some of that activity through acquisitions as well, and we've recently, uh, done that, um, after a scheme, uh, for just under 700 homes in Mitcham town center at the Gas Works, former Gas Works, owned by Berkeley Homes.

Um, it went through planning with no affordable housing, um, because of market conditions, viability, uh, those issues.

So we've decided to kind of pump prime the development, uh, by acquiring, um, an affordable element of that development to get them started on site.

The 1885 Factory Act strengthened provisions on ventilation and water supply, a direct response to the high fatality rate in textile factories like the ones in Leeds.

In 1902, the Gas Works Safety Act was enacted after repeated explosions at coal gas works across Birmingham, setting maximum pressure limits for boilers.

That law was followed by the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Regulations of 1909, which imposed strict design standards to reduce the risk of ruptures.

The period also saw the emergence of independent trade unions campaigning for safer working conditions, a movement that amplified media coverage of accidents.