The company supplied gas to an area within a six mile radius of the works, which were erected on Reilly Street (now Alexandra Parade), North Fitzroy in 1861.
[1] The original part of the works was on the north side of Alexandra Parade and West of Smith Street, was designed by engineer William Elsdon.
The only riveted gasholder erected by the Metropolitan Gas Company was built at Fitzroy in 1919.
[1] The Chief engineer Joseph Newell Reeson undertook a number of experiments with gas manufacture, including the application of electric arc welding to fabrication of large structures, and was responsible for the first arc welded large steel structure in the world, the No 3 gasholder, completed in 1923.
[6] While much of the site has been demolished and modern workshop and store buildings erected, there are a number of historic features.