"During the late half of the 19th century, Vienna underwent a renaissance that saw the expansion of its borders and a transformation into a center of high culture and modernism. To better provide for its rapidly growing population, Viennese authorities began investing in local infrastructure by building roads, rail and large-scale gas and electric utilities. In 1896, the city started construction on what would become Europe’s largest gas plant."
Hence the building of four "Gastrometers," cylindrical brick structures built to dry-distill and store coal gas. They were decommissioned in 1984 and their renovation began in 1995, and now the former gas containers hold almost 800 apartments, the Vienna National Archive, restaurants, bars, and more. Read Lincoln Now's "Vienna’s 19th Century-Coal Gasometers," embedded above, for details.
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