History
The former Bathurst Gasworks site, located on Russell Street, was operated in conjunction with Orange City and Lithgow Councils as a gasworks from 1888 until 1979. The site, which is owned by The Crown, was then leased to AGL in 1979, who continued to produce gas at the site until 1987. Since that time, the site has remained relatively unused.
The operational elements of the gasworks site remains relatively intact, with structures including the retort houses, gasholders, boiler, tar wells and tar tank.
I drove past this joint a while back. Fortunately it is now being restored. Not too much damage has been done to it.