Johannesburg Gas Works
The Johannesburg Gas Works also known as Egoli Gas Works established in 1892, is one of the most historically and architecturally significant industrial sites in Johannesburg.- Type: Industrial building
- Description: building in South Africa
- Also known as: “Egoli Gas Works” and “Gas works”
- Address: 1952 Annet Road, Johannesburg
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fietas Museum and Lawson Pinnacle.
Fietas Museum
Museum
Fietas Museum was opened on 24 September 2013, the museum is located in Pageview, Gauteng, South Africa. The building that the museum is housed in is one of the few to survive the forced removals under the Group Areas Act and was declared a Heritage resource in 2007. Fietas Museum is situated 750 metres south of Johannesburg Gas Works.
Lawson Pinnacle
Obelisk
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lawson Pinnacle is an obelisk, which is situated 640 metres east of Johannesburg Gas Works.
Johannesburg Planetarium
Planetarium
Photo: Soul Train, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Johannesburg Planetarium is a planetarium owned by the University of the Witwatersrand, located on the University's East Campus in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. It was the first full-sized planetarium in Africa, and the second in the southern hemisphere. Johannesburg Planetarium is situated 1 km east of Johannesburg Gas Works.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Richmond and Parktown.
Richmond
Neighborhood
Richmond is a small, centrally located suburb in Johannesburg whose Edwardian, Art Deco and Mid Century Modern houses are being both gentrified and torn down.
Parktown
Suburb
Photo: Paul venter, Public domain.
Parktown is a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the first suburb north of the inner city. It is affectionately known as one of the Parks, others including Parkview, Parkwood, Westcliff, Parktown North, Parkhurst and Forest Town.
Braamfontein
Suburb
Braamfontein is a central suburb of Johannesburg, in South Africa, seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and some of South Africa's major corporations such as Liberty Holdings Limited, JD Group, Sappi, and Bidvest Bank and Hollard.
Johannesburg Gas Works
- Categories: building, industrial location, and industry
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.1903° or 26° 11′ 25″ southLongitude
28.01977° or 28° 1′ 11″ eastLevels
3Open location code
5G5CR259+VWOpenStreetMap ID
way 1444235036OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialWikidata ID
Q23680058
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