Gas lamp man, Green Park, London

Photographed back in April 2002, here’s a gas lamp man hard at work in Green Park, central London.

Over  decade on, and large areas of central London are still illuminated by the warm glow of gas.

Here’s a contemporary view from Green Park.

Photo feature: London: two centuries of gas lighting

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