It is one of the oldest spherical gasholders still preserved. The famous gasholders just outside the ground were built around 1853. Gasholders 10, 11 and 12 were also moved and re-erected close to the canal. It had two gasholders and closed in the late 1970s. Gasholders, though once common, have become rare in Australia. Gasholders are perhaps most used in the United Kingdom and Germany. Gasholders may be either single or telescopic in two or more lifts. Gasholders were constructed of a variety of materials, brick, stone, concrete, steel, or wrought iron.