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| View Original: | StateLibQld 2 74929 Apparatus for separating natural gas from artesian water at the Roma Gas Works, Queensland, ca. 1906.jpg (1000x751) | |||
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| Keywords: StateLibQld 2 74929 Apparatus for separating natural gas from artesian water at the Roma Gas Works, Queensland, ca. 1906.jpg en Apparatus for separating natural gas from artesian water at the Roma Gas Works Queensland ca 1906 Men demonstrating the apparatus for separating natural gas from artesian water at the Roma Gas Works around 1906 The photo was taken in or about 1906 the facility pictured was built in that year The device is a vertical separator made to separate natural gas from thewater from the well QG No 2 Where the piping goes into the ground furtherest in the photo is the actual wellhead of QG No 2 The gas was then carried to a gasometer nearby The purpose of the facility was to reticulate the natural petroleum gas to Roma town The exercise was a failure as the gas ceased to flow after less than a fortnight's production Of the facility in the picture only the concrete base remains The concrete base of the gasometer not in picture is presently used as a reservoir for the bore water produced by other wells on Hospital Hill This photo is one of a series used as postcards produced by Holloway Maranoa Studios Roma Some of these cards were monochrome photographs; others were printed in colour circa 1906 handle 10462/deriv/87874 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Images of postcards from the State Library of Queensland Black and white photographs Gasworks in Australia Roma Queensland Gases | ||||
