Fredonia Gas Light Company

The Fredonia Gas Light Company, founded in 1858, was the first natural gas company in the United States. It was founded by a group of entrepreneurs after William Hart, considered the "father of natural gas" in the U.S., drilled in 1821 the first natural gas well in America along a creek in Fredonia, New York.[1] The well was approximately 27 feet (8.2 m) deep; by contrast, modern wells are over 30,000 feet (9,100 m) deep. The well was actually a big hole dug with shovels. The pipeline to transport the gas was made from hollowed out logs connected together with tar and rags.

References

  1. Dennis Allen Jacobs, Karen Anita Branden (2008). From McEnergy to EcoEnergy: America's Transition to Sustainable Energy. Dorrance Publishing. p. 55. ISBN 0874260752.
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