WORK is continuing to dismantle a well known feature of Bolton's skyline.

The National Grid is currently removing gas holders on Spa Road as part of a national programme to regenerate old sites and put them to more productive use in the future.

The project is well underway and two gas holders are being taken down from the site which is the historic home of Bolton's gas supply.The Bolton Gas Light and Coke Co was first formed in 1818, and a small site works was built in Forge Street, later known as Gas Street.

The site at Gas Street later became the main gas making works in Bolton. In 1886 a major reconstruction took place at the works, and adjoining land was acquired in order to expand. Until 1926, work was taking place to develop and improve the site at Gas Street, which supplied gas across Bolton.