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Beckton Gas Works

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Beckton Gasworks was a major London gasworks built to manufacture coal gas and other products including coke from coal. [1]

97 relations: A roads in Zone 1 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, A13 road (England), Acenaphthene, Adam Baldwin, Ammonia, Ammonium sulfate, Anthracene, Bangin', Barking Creek, Beckton, Beckton DLR depot, Beckton DLR station, Beckton railway station, Benzene, Biggles (film), Brannigan (film), British Gas plc, Bugs (TV series), Channel 4, Chris Petit, Coal gas, Coal tar, Coastal trading vessel, Coke (fuel), Collier (ship), Creosote, Cresol, Custom House for ExCeL DLR station, Custom House, London, D'You Know What I Mean?, Derek Jarman, Diana, Princess of Wales, Dicyclopentadiene, Docklands Light Railway, Durham, England, East Greenwich Gas Works, East Ham, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, For Your Eyes Only (film), Full Metal Jacket, Gas Light and Coke Company, Gasworks, Great Eastern Railway, Greenwich Peninsula, Gross register tonnage, Huế, I Believe (Marcella Detroit song), Iain Sinclair, Industrial park, Industrial railway, ..., Inorganic compound, It's a Square World, James Bond, John Wayne, Leon Vitali, London Docklands, London Docklands Development Corporation, Loop (band), Marcella Detroit, Matthew Modine, Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future, Michael Bentine, Mickey Mouse March, Naphtha, Naphthalene, National Grid plc, Natural gas, Nineteen Eighty-Four, North Sea, North Thames Gas Board, Northern Outfall Sewer, Oasis (band), Organic compound, Patrick Keiller, Paul Scofield, Phenol, Picoline, Pitch (resin), Pyridine, Quinaldine, Quinoline, River Thames, Roger Moore, Silvertown, Site of Nature Conservation Interest, Southall Gas Works, Stanley Kubrick, Sulfur, Sulfuric acid, Terence Patrick O'Sullivan, The Outfield, TheGuardian.com, Toluene, Viet Cong, Vietnam War, Xylene, Xylenol. Expand index (47 more) »

A roads in Zone 1 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

List of A roads in zone 1 in Great Britain beginning north of the Thames, east of the A1 (roads beginning with 1).

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A13 road (England)

The A13 is a major road in England linking Central London with east London and south Essex.

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Acenaphthene

Acenaphthene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) consisting of naphthalene with an ethylene bridge connecting positions 1 and 8.

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Adam Baldwin

Adam Baldwin (born February 27, 1962) is an American actor.

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Ammonia

Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3.

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Ammonium sulfate

Ammonium sulfate (American English and international scientific usage; ammonium sulphate in British English); (NH4)2SO4, is an inorganic salt with a number of commercial uses.

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Anthracene

Anthracene is a solid polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) of formula C14H10, consisting of three fused benzene rings.

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Bangin'

Bangin' is the second album by British rock band The Outfield, which yielded the top 40 hit, "Since You've Been Gone".

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Barking Creek

Barking Creek joins the River Roding to the River Thames.

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Beckton

Beckton is an urban neighbourhood in east London, England and part of the London Borough of Newham.

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Beckton DLR depot

Beckton Traincare Depot is the primary railway maintenance depot for the Docklands Light Railway.

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Beckton DLR station

Beckton is the eastern terminus of the Beckton branch of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in the Docklands area of east London.

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Beckton railway station

Beckton railway station was a railway station in Beckton, London originally owned by the Gas Light and Coke Company, to serve the (then) recently built Beckton Gas Works.

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Benzene

Benzene is an important organic chemical compound with the chemical formula C6H6.

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Biggles (film)

Biggles is a 1986 British sci-fi adventure film directed by John Hough (and later released in 1988 in the United States as Biggles: Adventures in Time).

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Brannigan (film)

Brannigan is a 1975 British thriller DeLuxe Color film directed by Douglas Hickox and starring John Wayne and Richard Attenborough filmed in Panavision.

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British Gas plc

British Gas plc was an energy and home services provider in the United Kingdom.

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Bugs (TV series)

Bugs is a British television drama series that ran for four series from 1 April 1995 to 28 August 1999.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 November 1982.

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Chris Petit

Chris Petit (born 1949) is an English novelist and filmmaker.

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Coal gas

Coal gas is a flammable gaseous fuel made from coal and supplied to the user via a piped distribution system.

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Coal tar

Coal tar is a thick dark liquid which is a by-product of the production of coke and coal gas from coal.

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Coastal trading vessel

Coastal trading vessels, also known as coasters, are shallow-hulled ships used for trade between locations on the same island or continent.

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Coke (fuel)

Coke is a fuel with a high carbon content and few impurities, usually made from coal.

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Collier (ship)

A collier is a bulk cargo ship designed to carry coal, especially for naval use by coal-fired warships.

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Creosote

Creosote is a category of carbonaceous chemicals formed by the distillation of various tars and pyrolysis of plant-derived material, such as wood or fossil fuel.

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Cresol

Cresols (also hydroxytoluene) are organic compounds which are methylphenols.

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Custom House for ExCeL DLR station

Custom House for ExCeL is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and future Elizabeth line station in Custom House in London, England.

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Custom House, London

Custom House is a district in the Canning Town area of the London Borough of Newham in east London, England.

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D'You Know What I Mean?

"D'You Know What I Mean?" is a song by the English rock band Oasis.

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Derek Jarman

Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) was an English film director, stage designer, diarist, artist, gardener and author.

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Diana, Princess of Wales

Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family.

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Dicyclopentadiene

Dicyclopentadiene, abbreviated DCPD, is a chemical compound with formula C10H12.

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Docklands Light Railway

The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is an automated light metro system opened in 1987 to serve the redeveloped Docklands area of East London, England.

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Durham, England

Durham (locally) is a historic city and the county town of County Durham in North East England.

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East Greenwich Gas Works

The East Greenwich Gas Works of the South Metropolitan Gas Company was the last gas works to be built in London, and the most modern.

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East Ham

East Ham is a district of the London Borough of Newham, England, 8 miles (12.8 km) northeast of Charing Cross.

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Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character and villain from the James Bond series of novels and films, created by Ian Fleming.

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For Your Eyes Only (film)

For Your Eyes Only is a 1981 British spy film, the twelfth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the fifth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond.

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Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 British-American war film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick and starring Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio and Adam Baldwin.

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Gas Light and Coke Company

The Gas Light and Coke Company (also known as the Westminster Gas Light and Coke Company, and the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company), was a company that made and supplied coal gas and coke.

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Gasworks

A gasworks or gas house is an industrial plant for the production of flammable gas.

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Great Eastern Railway

The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia.

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Greenwich Peninsula

Greenwich Peninsula is a district of south-east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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Gross register tonnage

Gross register tonnage (GRT, grt, g.r.t., gt) or gross registered tonnage, is a ship's total internal volume expressed in "register tons", each of which is equal to.

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Huế

Huế (is a city in central Vietnam that was the seat of Nguyễn Dynasty emperors from 1802 to 1945, and capital of the protectorate of Annam. A major attraction is its vast, 19th-century citadel, surrounded by a moat and thick stone walls. It encompasses the Imperial City, with palaces and shrines; the Forbidden Purple City, once the emperor's home; and a replica of the Royal Theater. The city was also the battleground for the Battle of Huế, which was one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.

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I Believe (Marcella Detroit song)

"I Believe" is a song by singer Marcella Detroit, released in February 1994 under London Records as the lead single from her album Jewel.

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Iain Sinclair

Iain Sinclair FRSL (born 11 June 1943) is a Welsh writer and filmmaker.

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Industrial park

An industrial park (also known as industrial estate, trading estate) is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development.

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Industrial railway

An industrial railway is a type of railway (usually private) that is not available for public transportation and is used exclusively to serve a particular industrial, logistics or a military site.

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Inorganic compound

An inorganic compound is typically a chemical compound that lacks C-H bonds, that is, a compound that is not an organic compound, but the distinction is not defined or even of particular interest.

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It's a Square World

It's a Square World is a British comedy television series starring Michael Bentine and produced by the BBC.

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James Bond

The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections.

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John Wayne

Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison; May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed "The Duke", was an American actor and filmmaker.

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Leon Vitali

Leon Vitali (born Alfred Leon; born 26 July 1948) is an English actor, best known for his collaborations with film director Stanley Kubrick as his personal assistant and as an actor, most notably, as Lord Bullingdon in Barry Lyndon.

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London Docklands

London Docklands is the name for the riverfront and former docks in London, the capital of the United Kingdom.

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London Docklands Development Corporation

The London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) was a quango agency set up by the UK Government in 1981 to regenerate the depressed Docklands area of east London.

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Loop (band)

Loop are an English rock band, formed in 1986 by Robert Hampson in Croydon.

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Marcella Detroit

Marcella Detroit (born Marcella Levy, June 21, 1952) is an American soprano vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter.

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Matthew Modine

Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959) is an American actor and filmmaker, who rose to prominence through his role as United States Marine Corps Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket.

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Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future

Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future is a 1985 cyberpunk television film created by Chrysalis Visual Programming Ltd.

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Michael Bentine

Michael Bentine, CBE (born Michael James Bentin; 26 January 1922General Register Office for England and Wales - Birth Register for the March Quarter of 1922, Watford Registration District, Reference 3a 1478, listed as "Michael J. Bentin", mother's maiden name as "Dawkins". – 26 November 1996)General Register Office for England and Wales - Death Register for November 1996, Sutton Registration District, Reference C6B 296, listed as "Michael James Bentine" with a date of birth of 26 January 1922.

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Mickey Mouse March

"(The) Mickey Mouse (Club) March", is the opening theme for The Mickey Mouse Club television show, which aired in the United States from October 1955 to 1959, on the ABC television network.

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Naphtha

Naphtha is a flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture.

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Naphthalene

Naphthalene is an organic compound with formula.

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National Grid plc

National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in Warwick, United Kingdom.

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Natural gas

Natural gas is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, but commonly including varying amounts of other higher alkanes, and sometimes a small percentage of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, or helium.

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Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four, often published as 1984, is a dystopian novel published in 1949 by English author George Orwell.

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North Sea

The North Sea (Mare Germanicum) is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.

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North Thames Gas Board

The North Thames Gas Board was a state-owned utility area gas board providing gas for light and heat to industries and homes in part of England.

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Northern Outfall Sewer

The Northern Outfall Sewer (NOS) is a major gravity sewer which runs from Wick Lane in Hackney to Beckton sewage treatment works in east London (east of Stratford); most of it was designed by Joseph Bazalgette after an outbreak of cholera in 1853 and the "Great Stink" of 1858.

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Oasis (band)

Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991.

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Organic compound

In chemistry, an organic compound is generally any chemical compound that contains carbon.

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Patrick Keiller

Patrick Keiller (born 1950) is a British film-maker, writer and lecturer.

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Paul Scofield

David Paul Scofield CH CBE (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was an English actor of stage and screen who was known for his striking presence, distinctive voice, and for the clarity and effortless intensity of his delivery.

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Phenol

Phenol, also known as phenolic acid, is an aromatic organic compound with the molecular formula C6H5OH.

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Picoline

Picoline refers to three different methylpyridine isomers, all with the chemical formula C6H7N and a molar mass of 93.13 g mol−1.

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Pitch (resin)

Pitch is a name for any of a number of viscoelastic polymers.

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Pyridine

Pyridine is a basic heterocyclic organic compound with the chemical formula C5H5N.

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Quinaldine

Quinaldine or 2-methylquinoline is an organic compound with the formula CH3C9H6N.

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Quinoline

Quinoline is a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound with the chemical formula C9H7N.

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River Thames

The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.

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Roger Moore

Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) was an English actor.

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Silvertown

Silvertown is a district and forms part of the Port of London in the London Borough of Newham, in east London, England It lies on the north bank of the Thames and a major £3.5billion redevelopment of the area was approved in 2015.

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Site of Nature Conservation Interest

Site of Nature Conservation Interest (SNCI), Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC) and regionally important geological site (RIGS) are designations used by local authorities in the United Kingdom for sites of substantive local nature conservation and geological value.

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Southall Gas Works

Southall Gas Works is a site of around in Southall, west London, formerly occupied by a plant for the manufacture of town gas.

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Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

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Sulfur

Sulfur or sulphur is a chemical element with symbol S and atomic number 16.

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Sulfuric acid

Sulfuric acid (alternative spelling sulphuric acid) is a mineral acid with molecular formula H2SO4.

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Terence Patrick O'Sullivan

Terence Patrick O'Sullivan (1913-1970) was a British civil engineer.

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The Outfield

The Outfield were an English rock band based in London, England.

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TheGuardian.com

TheGuardian.com, formerly known as Guardian.co.uk and Guardian Unlimited, is a British news and media website owned by the Guardian Media Group.

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Toluene

Toluene, also known as toluol, is an aromatic hydrocarbon.

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Viet Cong

The National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (Mặt trận Dân tộc Giải phóng miền Nam Việt Nam) also known as the Việt Cộng was a mass political organization in South Vietnam and Cambodia with its own army – the People's Liberation Armed Forces of South Vietnam (PLAF) – that fought against the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War, eventually emerging on the winning side.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Xylene

Xylene (from Greek ξύλο, xylo, "wood"), xylol or dimethylbenzene is any one of three isomers of dimethylbenzene, or a combination thereof.

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Xylenol

Xylenols are organic compounds with the formula (CH3)2C6H3OH.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beckton_Gas_Works

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