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Gaslighting in America A Guide for Historic Preservation |
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APPENDIX
This chronological listing is based upon the alphabetical listing compiled by John B. Murray, a New York dealer in gaslight shares and published in The American Gas-Light Journal, June 15, 1863, pp. 370-373. The dates given are the years when the gas companies received their charters from their respective state legislatures. Some companies began operations before their charters were formally approved; others did not begin operations until a year or more after their charters were granted.
| 1817 | Baltimore, Maryland |
| 1822 | Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1823 | New York, New York |
| 1825 | Brooklyn, New York |
| 1830 | Manhattan (New York City), New York |
| 1833 | Evansville, Indiana |
| 1835 | New Orleans, Louisiana Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 1836 | Monroe, Michigan |
| 1838 | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 1839 | St. Louis, Missouri |
| 1841 | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 1844 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1845 | Albany, New York |
| 1846 | Charleston, South Carolina Cleveland, Ohio Newark, New Jersey |
| 1847 | Fall River, Massachusetts Milwaukee, Wisconsin New Haven, Connecticut Paterson, New Jersey Trenton, New Jersey |
| 1848 | Buffalo, New York Dayton, Ohio Providence, Rhode Island Reading, Pennsylvania Springfield, Massachusetts Syracuse, New York Troy, New York Washington, Pennsylvania Zanesvile, Ohio |
| 1849 | Chicago, Illinois Detroit, Michigan Great Falls, New Hampshire Hartford, Connecticut Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lawrence, Massachusetts Lowell, Massachusetts Portland, Maine Savannah, Georgia Utica, New York Worcester, Massachusetts York, Pennsylvania |
| 1850 | Columbus, Ohio Easton, Pennsylvania Nashville, Tennessee Pawtucket, Rhode Island Salem, Massachusetts Wheeling, Virginia (West Virginia) Williamsburg, New York Yreka, California |
| 1851 | Alexandria, Virginia Augusta, Georgia Bridgeport, Connecticut Charlestown, Massachusetts Chelsea, Massachusetts Chillicothe, Ohio Frankfort, Kentucky Frederick City, Maryland Germantown, Pennsylvania Madison, Indiana Portsmouth, New Hampshire Richmond, Virginia Schenectady, New York |
| 1852 | Allegheny, Pennsylvania Bangor, Maine Burlington, New Jersey Cambridge, Massachusetts Camden, New Jersey Columbia, Pennsylvania Columbia, South Carolina Elmira, New York Erie, Pennsylvania Ithaca, New York Lewiston, Maine Lynchburg, Virginia Lynn, Massachusetts Macon, Georgia Manayunk, Pennsylvania Manchester, New Hampshire Memphis, Tennessee Mobile, Alabama Montgomery, Alabama Nashua, New Hampshire New Albany, Indiana New Bedford, Massachusetts Newburg, New York Newburyport, Massachusetts Oswego, New York Petersburg, Virginia Rochester, New York Rome, New York San Francisco, California Waterford, New York Watertown, New York West Chester, Pennsylvania Wilmington, Delaware |
| 1853 | Allentown, Pennsylvania Augusta and Hallowell, Maine Bath, Maine Binghampton, New York Bordentown, New Jersey Brookline, Massachusetts Burlington, Vermont Canandaigua, New York Cape Island, New Jersey Columbus, Georgia Concord, New Hampshire Covington and Newport, Kentucky Dedham, Massachusetts East Boston, Massachusetts Fitchburg, Massachusetts Geneva, New York Greenpoint, New York Haverhill, Massachusetts Hudson, New York Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Jersey City, New Jersey Lexington, Kentucky Little Falls, New York Middletown, Connecticut New London, Connecticut Newport, Rhode Island Norristown, Pennsylvania Plymouth, Massachusetts Quincy, Illinois Saratoga Springs, New York Taunton, Massachusetts Toledo, Ohio Vicksburg, Mississippi Waltham, Massachusetts West Troy, New York Wilmington, North Carolina Woonsocket, Rhode Island |
| 1854 | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Cohoes, New York Cumberland, Maryland Dorchester, Massachusetts Dubuque, Iowa Fredericksburg, Virginia Gardiner, Maine Glenn's Falls, New York Gloucester, Massachusetts Hagerstown, Maryland Honesdale, Pennsylvania Knoxville, Tennessee Lafayette, Indiana Malden and Melrose, Massachusetts Marblehead, Massachusetts Mount Holly, New Jersey Nantucket, Massachusetts New Brunswick, New Jersey Newton and Watertown, Massachusetts Norwalk, Connecticut Norwich, Connecticut Pittsfield, Massachusetts Rock Island, Illinois Rockland, Maine Rondout and Kingston, New York Roxbury, Massachusetts Sandusky, Ohio Springfield, Illinois Warren, Rhode Island Waterbury, Connecticut West Cambridge, Massachusetts Winchester, Virginia Yonkers, New York |
| 1855 | Atlanta, Georgia Batavia, New York Bloomington, Illinois Bristol, Rhode Island Carlisle, Pennsylvania Davenport, Iowa Elizabeth, New Jersey Flushing, New York Galena, Illinois Great Barrington, Massachusetts Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Keokuk, Iowa Kingston, Pennsylvania Lansingburg, New York Madison, Wisconsin Meadville, Pennsylvania North Attleboro, Massachusetts Ogdensburg, New York Ottawa, Illinois Peekskill, New York Peoria, Illinois Piqua, Ohio Portsmouth, Ohio Portsmouth, Virginia Racine, Wisconsin Stamford, Connecticut Washington, D.C. Xenia, Ohio |
| 1856 | Akron, Ohio Bellefont, Pennsylvania Bristol, Pennsylvania Canton, Ohio Catasequa, Pennsylvania Chester, Pennsylvania Danville, Pennsylvania Eastport, Maine Freeport, Illinois Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania Huntsville, Alabama Jamaica, New York Janesville, Wisconsin Johnstown, Pennsylvania Lambertville, New Jersey Lancaster, Ohio Lebanon, Pennsylvania Lewistown, Pennsylvania Montpelier, Vermont Newark, Ohio Northampton, Massachusetts Norwalk, Connecticut Owego, New York Paducah, Kentucky Palmyra, New York Pottstown, Pennsylvania Pottsville, Pennsylvania Poughkeepsie, New York Salem, New Jersey Seneca Falls and Waterloo, New York Sing Sing, New York Urbana, Ohio Watertown, Wisconsin Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania Woodstock, Vermont Wooster, Ohio |
| 1857 | Adrian, Michigan Alton, Illinois Attleboro, Massachusetts Bridgeton, New Jersey Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Chicopee, Massachusetts Columbia, California Danbury, Connecticut Doylestown, Pennsylvania Easton, Maryland Fishkill, New York Gloversville, New York Harlem, New York Huntington, Pennsylvania Iowa City, Iowa Jackson, Michigan Joliet, Illinois Marietta, Ohio Massilon, Ohio Muscatine, Iowa Newcastle, Delaware Rahway, New Jersey Rockford, Illinois Sacramento, California Saint Joseph, Missouri Saint Paul, Minnesota Selma, Alabama Staten Island, New York Ware, Massachusetts Waverly, Mississippi West Point, New York Williamsport, Pennsylvania |
| 1858 | Albion, New York Astoria, New York Belfast, Maine Catskill, New York Charlotte, North Carolina Clinton, Massachusetts East Greenwich, Rhode Island Fort Wayne, Indiana Freedonia, New York (natural gas) Fulton, New York Galveston, Texas Grand Rapids, Michigan Greensburg, Pennsylvania Jacksonville, Missouri Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania Kalamazoo, Michigan Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Lockhaven, Pennsylvania Marysville, California Natchez, Mississippi Placerville, California Raleigh, North Carolina Saint Albans, Vermont Scranton Gas and Water, Pennsylvania Walden, New York Wautoma, Wisconsin Williamsburg, Virginia Ypsilanti, Michigan |
| 1859 | Altoona, Pennsylvania Amesbury and Salisbury, Massachusetts Auburn, New York Bath, New York Beverly, Massachusetts Birmingham, Pennsylvania Brattleboro, Vermont Brockport, New York Burlington, Iowa Charlotteville, Vermont Citizens', Brooklyn, New York Clyde, New York Dover, Delaware Fayetteville, North Carolina Flemington, New Jersey Freemont, Ohio Galion, Ohio Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Greensboro, North Carolina Hannibal, Missouri Haverstraw, New York Hempstead, New York Kittanning, Pennsylvania (questionable) La Crosse City, Wisconsin Leavenworth, Kansas Lyons, New York Metropolitan (New York City), New York Middleboro, Massachusetts Morrisania, New York Morristown, New Jersey New Bern, North Carolina Niagara Falls, New York North Bridgewater, Massachusetts Norwalk, Ohio Nyack, New York Orange, New Jersey Peoples', Chicago, Illinois Plattsburg, New York Portland, Oregon Port Lavacca, Texas Richmond, Massachusetts Ripley, Ohio Rutland, Vermont Sag Harbor, New York Salem, Ohio Salisbury, North Carolina Sandwich, Massachusetts Southbridge, Massachusetts Staunton, Virginia Tarrytown and Irvington, New York Vincennes, Indiana Washington, North Carolina Willimantic, Connecticut |
| 1860 | Aurora, Indiana Carbondale, Pennsylvania Claremont, New Hampshire Cold Spring, New York Cold Water, Michigan Delaware, Ohio Dobbs' Ferry, New York Greenfield, Massachusetts Hornellsville, New York Keene, New Hampshire Laconia, New Hampshire Oberlin, Ohio Owensboro, Kentucky Penn Yan, New York Plainfield, New Jersey Port Chester, New York Port Jervis, New York South Adams, Massachusetts |
| 1861 | Battle Creek, Michigan Calais, Maine East Hampton, Massachusetts East New York, New York Hayesville, Massachusetts Holyoke, Massachusetts Homer and Cortlandt, New York Le Roy, New York Little Rock, Arkansas Norwich, New York Painesville, Ohio Warren, Ohio |
| 1862 | Hoboken, New Jersey (works not built as of June 15, 1863) |
Gas Companies listed on June 15, 1863, for which no charter date is given
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Beloit, Wisconsin Brownville, Pennsylvania Clarkesville, Tennessee Dover, New Hampshire Ellicotts' Mills, Maryland Exeter, New Hampshire Fair Haven, Connecticut Fifth Ward (Milwaukee), Wisconsin Hamilton, Ohio Hastings, New York Indianapolis, Indiana Jackson, Mississippi Jackson, California Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville, Indiana Jamestown, New York Jeffersonville, Maryland Lockport, New York Mansfield, Ohio Marlboro, Massachusetts Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania Medina, New York Meriden, Connecticut Middletown, New York Milford, Massachusetts Milledgeville, Georgia Milton, Pennsylvania Mount Vernon, Ohio New Britain, Connecticut |
Newton, New Jersey Newton, Pennsylvania Norfolk, Virginia Northern Liberties, Pennsylvania North Adams, Massachusetts Quincy, Massachusetts Saco, Maine Saint Johnsbury, Vermont Salisbury Mills, Massachusetts Salmon Falls, Maine San Antonio, Texas San Diego, California Saugerties, New York Shreveport, Louisiana Smyrna, Delaware South Boston, Massachusetts Springfield, Ohio Steubenville, Ohio Stockton, California Tamaqua, Pennsylvania Terre Haute, Indiana Thompsonville, Connecticut Tiffin, Ohio Westfield, Massachusetts Weston, Ohio White Plains, New York Woburn, Massachusetts Yorkville, South Carolina |
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