The Fremantle Gas and Coke Company commenced operation in 1885 to power and light
Fremantle. The company had a siding from the
Fremantle railway marshalling yard in the early twentieth century. In 1952 the company constructed a new
gas producer. The gasworks' main feature was its gas holding domes, which were removed in the 1970s. In the 1960s the Fremantle Gas and Coke company served 14,440 customers in a separate market zone from the State Electricity Commission, which provided the rest of the Perth metropolitan area. In 1986, it was purchased by the
State Energy Commission of Western Australia which later attracted the interest of the
WA Inc royal commission. ==References==