Sherlock Holmes Society of London:
Trafalgar Square by gaslight, c. 1896
Sherlock Holmes Society of London:
Chairman Catherine Cooke welcomes our guest speaker, Christopher Sugg (photo by Roger Johnson)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London:
Christopher Sugg
Sherlock Holmes Society of London:
Gas Lighting during the time of Sherlock Holmes - 1880-1914
Sherlock Holmes Society of London:
William Sugg & Co was famous for gas lighting through the Victorian period and throughout the world
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Gas provided the first safe and reliable source of light in towns and cities
Sherlock Holmes Society of London:
It was known as early as 1688 that coal gas could be produced to provide light, but it was considered nothing more than a parlour trick
Sherlock Holmes Society of London:
Christopher Sugg
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'Night' by William Hogarth, 1738 - conditions in London before proper street lighting
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'Link-Boys' could be hired to light the way in the dark streets
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The 'Father of Gas Lighting' was William Murdoch, 1754-1839
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F.A. Winsor, 1763-1830, claimed to have invented gas lighting
Sherlock Holmes Society of London:
Christopher Sugg
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'Covent Garden, Early Morning' by Gustav Dore, 1872
Sherlock Holmes Society of London:
More by Gustave Dore: 'Billingsgate, Early Morning' and 'A Ball at the Mansion House', both 1872
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Early street lamps, and (right) the Lambeth lamp in situ, 1878
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Sugg's Gas Kitchener, 1884
Sherlock Holmes Society of London:
Christopher Sugg
Sherlock Holmes Society of London:
Two more pages from William Sugg's 1884 book,"Domestic Use of Coal Gas"
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Advertising Suggs' Christiania burners, 1886
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The award-winning 'Boiling Stream Therma"
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Medals awarded to Sugg's at commercial exhibitions
Sherlock Holmes Society of London:
Christopher Sugg (photo by Roger Johnson)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London:
Headed paper in the 1880s and the 1900s, both emphasising the medals the company has received
Sherlock Holmes Society of London:
William Sugg exhibition stand at the Crystal Palace, 1899
Sherlock Holmes Society of London:
The Ultimate Open Flame Burner
Sherlock Holmes Society of London:
Suggs' lamps installed along Whitehall, c. 1900
Sherlock Holmes Society of London:
Christopher Sugg (photo by Roger Johnson)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London:
Tower Bridge was gas lit by William Sugg, in 1894 and again in 1901
Sherlock Holmes Society of London:
The final stages of lighting installation at London Bridge, 1894
