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Design of the 6-retort furnace of the Gasworks in Glubczyce
Category Plans and charts
Year of manufacture/creation 1927
Place of manufacture/creation Żarów, then Germany
Size
Height: 74 cm
Width: 125 cm
Material paper
Museum/Storage location Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Date of admission to the museum 1991
Rights to the exhibit Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Rights to digital images public domain
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Exhibit description
Dating back to 1927, the design of a 6-retort furnace at the Glubczyce gasworks with a semi-generator in the Kulmiz system demonstrates how the growing demand for gas prompted the search for more efficient ways of producing gas.
As gas-powered appliances were growing in popularity, the volume of gas supplied by the gasworks in Glubczyce became insufficient. Hence attempts were made to find a new, most efficient furnace system for the production of gas. Some years earlier there had also been plans to build a 7-retort furnace.
Eventually, despite the introduction of newer and newer gas production systems on horizontal retorts, a different decision was taken. Even before World War II, retort furnaces were phased out in favour of vertical-chamber furnaces.
As gas-powered appliances were growing in popularity, the volume of gas supplied by the gasworks in Glubczyce became insufficient. Hence attempts were made to find a new, most efficient furnace system for the production of gas. Some years earlier there had also been plans to build a 7-retort furnace.
Eventually, despite the introduction of newer and newer gas production systems on horizontal retorts, a different decision was taken. Even before World War II, retort furnaces were phased out in favour of vertical-chamber furnaces.
