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The Gas House
Gas House
The gas house complex stands on a little bay, below the castle. The gas man’s cottage is located above the courtyard which holds the gas house with its tall chimney and the gasometer pit.
On its completion c1878 coal gas was produced, although the light given out from this was poor, until incandescent gas mantles were introduced. In 1901 the gas house was converted to produce acetylene gas, which burns with a very bright light, resembling daylight. The gas was stored in a large tank, the gasometer, and fed by pipes to the castle and home farm for gas lighting, the rest of the estate used paraffin lamps.
The gas house was working until 1947, when the National Trust for Scotland, having just come into possession of Culzean, installed electricity. The buildings were restored in 1993, and now house an exhibition on gas production, and the life of William Murdoch, pioneer of domestic gas lighting.
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