Swan Village Gas Works

In 1825, the Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas Light Company was founded by act of parliament to manufacture and supply gas to Birmingham and surrounding towns, including West Bromwich;[1] lighting the main road through the town was also mentioned in the Act.

The increased rail traffic necessitated extensive new sidings outside the works to accommodate additional wagons.

The development of the National Grid meant that delivering coal by railway was no longer required and the Swan Village Basin line was removed.

The construction of modern Swan Lane has obliterated any signs thatthere was a level crossing by the Old Loco Shed.

New buildings have been built on the site of the New Works in between the old gas holders, that operate as the Sandwell Station on the National Grid.

One of the small steam locomotives that shunted the gas works sidings, Peckett 0-4-0ST 2018/1947, is preserved at the Foxfield Railway, Blythe Bridge, Staffordshire.