Gainsborough Gas Act 1856
WHEREAS the Town of Gainsborough and its Neighbourhood have hitherto been supplied with Gas by certain Individuals, under the Name of the Proprietors of the Gainsborough Gasworks, who are the Owners of the Works and of the Land on which the same are erected; but from the Increase in the Consumption of Gas, it is expedient that the existing Gasworks should be extended and enlarged, and that the said Proprietors, together with such other Persons as shall contribute to the Undertaking, should be...