Memories in Focus: Causeway Street, Portrush

An interesting view of Causeway Street, Portrush, as it shows the Giant's Causeway Tram and the Portrush Gasworks, both now long gone. The Portrush Gas Company was formed in 1866 and the gasworks was functioning by 1867 although the dozen or so streetlights were none too reliable being described in 1870 as being "very much influenced by the state of the moon". The undertaking closed in the late 1960's.