Among the most prominent signs of the industrial heritage of the port city is Klaip\u0117da Gas Factory, reminiscent of the times when light came to the city. The company was established in 1857, and the buildings were erected in 1860\u20131861 based on the design of Johann Hartmann, the director of the K\u00f6nigsberg Gas Factory. In November, the factory began gas production, opening a new stage in the modernisation of the economy of Klaip\u0117da.<\/p>\n
Of the then 28 buildings, three have survived to this day: a red brick administrative building and two octagonal gas storage facilities. Initially, the gas was used for lighting, and later for industry. The factory also used to produce coke, tar, ammonia water, benzene, and seltzer.<\/p>\n
At the end of the 19th<\/sup>\u00a0century, the city was illuminated with gas lamps installed at the Bir\u017eos Bridge, Luiz\u0117 Gymnasium, and on the streets of the Old Town. In 2011, the historical replicas of those gas lamps were restored.<\/p>\n For a certain period in the post-war years, the buildings of the gas factory used to house flats. The \u201csmall\u201d gas storage facility is currently home to MEMEL Automuseum, a museum of classic automobile technology. The exhibits here\u00a0tell the story of the times when speed was still a romance, and travel was a miracle.<\/p>\n Address:<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0Liep\u0173 Str. 83, Klaip\u0117da<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4101,"menu_order":830,"template":"","format":"standard","place-category":[208],"restoranu-kategorija":[],"class_list":["post-5490","place","type-place","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","place-category-places-to-visit"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place\/5490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/place"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place\/5490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"place-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place-category?post=5490"},{"taxonomy":"restoranu-kategorija","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/restoranu-kategorija?post=5490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}