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1932 Vertical Retort Building, Launceston Gasworks
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Built in 1932 to accommodate increasing demands for coal gas, the Vertical Retort has became a Launceston icon and has been part of the Launceston skyline for 8 decades. Due to the site being swampy with little bedrock, 96 pylons were sunk to a depth nearly equal to the building's height and a mechanized track ferried coal to the hopper on the uppermost level. Four massive 25 ft high furnaces extracted the gas from the coal and was the most advanced of its kind in the Commonwealth. The building was abandoned in 1988 after Aurora Energy (Boral) takeover. The Vertical Retort was at one time planned to be converted to a museum, an office block/apartments and most recently a restaurant with office spaces above, where it will be merged with the neighbouring Carburated Water Gas Building via a glass atrium. In October 2012, despite its heritage status, the Vertical Retort's priceless interior was torn to shreds as the whole internal structure including the furnace blocks and all original interior details were demolished. Formerly one of the last intact Vertical Retort Houses in the English speaking world, the building is now an empty shell with little historic worth except for its iconic image.
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