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In September 1911, the BC Electric Company purchased most of the block at McLean and E. 2nd Avenue, and over the next few years built a full-scale gas works on the block. By 2nd February 1924, the Grandview gasworks had become a fully integrated part of Vancouver’ power supply, and the company proudly advertised it in the press (Province p.15):
The gasworks stood there for decades until it exploded in 1950:
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