Gas Stripping Tower, Industrial heritage site in West End, Brisbane, Australia

The Gas Stripping Tower is a 21-metre cast-iron tower of curved segments, topped by a work platform, a water tank disguised as a lantern drum, a cupola and a weathervane. Its panels carry relief decoration, and an access stair with decorative cast brackets runs up the side. It stands about 3.5 metres in diameter.

The tower was made in 1912 by Robert Dempster & Sons Ltd of Elland, Yorkshire, shipped in segments and erected at the West End Gasworks for the South Brisbane Gas & Light Company. It removed tar and ammonia from coal gas until more advanced methods replaced it by 1949. In 1975 the National Trust of Queensland dismantled it, and in 1979 it was reassembled in Davies Park, about 150 metres from its original site. Allgas Energy Ltd refurbished it in 1988 as a bicentennial gift to Brisbane.

The tower shows how people in the city used gas in the early 1900s and what equipment was needed for it. The industrial structure shapes how visitors understand the technical history of this neighborhood.

The tower sits in Davies Park and is easy to reach on foot since it stands in a public green space. The location is open during the day and offers clear views of the structure from all sides.

The tower's water tank is disguised as a lantern drum, topped by a cupola and weathervane. The 1988 refurbishment sandblasted the cast iron, repainted it in its original reddish-brown epoxy finish and picked out the relief panels in silver.