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| Title | Gas Industry Observes Its 150th Anniversary This Year |
| Abstract | Forty-nine years after the forming of the first manufactured gas company in Baltimore and 44 years after natural gas was first used for commercial purposes, the first gas company was organized in Kansas City. The year was 1865 and the company operated under the names of the Kansas City Gas Light & Coke Company. The original gas works were actually built about 1866. The firm had less than 200 customers. Its business office was located at 18 West Missouri Avenue in a one-story building about 20 by 30 feet. A basement in the building was used for storage. For further information on the history of the Gas Service Company see the clipping files. |
| Date | August 19, 1966 |
| Source | Kansas City News-Press |
| Location | Envelope Clipping File: Gas Company--First |
| Local Subject | Gas Industry
Firsts
Utilities
Gas Service Company
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| Illustrations | No |
| Item Type | Newspaper Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 102151 |
| CONTENTdm number | 22012 |
