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| Formed | May 1, 1949 (1949-05-01) |
The North Western Gas Board was a state-owned utility area gas board providing gas for light and heat to industries and homes in the north-west of England.
It was established on 1 May 1949 under the terms of the Gas Act 1948, and dissolved in 1973 when it became a region of the newly formed British Gas Corporation, British Gas North Western, as a result of the Gas Act 1972.
References
Citations
- Jessup (1994), pp. 1, 5
Bibliography
- Jessup, John (1994), Lyon, John (ed.), Gas in the NorthWest: 1949–1994, British Gas Northwestern
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