Fremantle Gas and Coke Company was a

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company based in

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that was bought out by the Western Australian State Electricity Commission in 1986—a component event of the

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issues of the time. It commenced operation in 1885 to power and light Fremantle. The company had a siding from the Fremantle railway marshalling yard in the early twentieth century. In 1952 the company constructed a new gas producer. The gasworks' main feature was its gas holding domes, which were removed in the 1980s. In the 1960s the Fremantle Gas and Coke company served 14,440 customers in a separate market zone from the State Electricity Commission, which provided the rest of the Perth metropolitan area. - map of ''Public Utilities'' on page 51, stats from page 50 for the year 1965/1966

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{{reflist Fremantle Companies based in Perth, Western Australia Natural gas companies of Australia Defunct utility companies of Western Australia Australian companies disestablished in 1986 Energy companies disestablished in 1986 Australian companies established in 1888 Energy companies established in 1888 Defunct energy companies of Australia Defunct electric power companies of Australia