Oil Painting by Kathleen Duffy.

She writes: This particular painting was inspired by a beautiful gasometer in Wood Green, near where I live. They are mighty structures from the Victorian age, but beautiful and airy, like lace. I've taken some artistic license with the surrounding buildings and the hill behind.

Unfortunately many of these stunning gasometers have been demolished, but some on the continent have been made into stunning homes! There's an article I wrote about the way the Viennese have tackled the problem of empty gas cylinders elsewhere on this site.