Meriden Gas Light Co., 1892
MakerMade by
H. Wales Lines Company
American, 1864 - 1983
Date1892
MediumPhotography; albumen on paper in cardboard album covers
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 1/4 x 9 1/4in. (18.4 x 23.5cm)
Other (overall height x width): 8 1/4 x 11 1/2in. (21 x 29.2cm)
Other (overall height x width): 8 1/4 x 11 1/2in. (21 x 29.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
DescriptionPhotograph of the Meriden Gas Light Company brick building in an octagonal shape. Wood and metal scraps surround the building. There is another building in the distance.
Object number2015.149.1.32
InscribedRecto, handwritten in black ink: "Meriden Gas Light Co., 1892"NotesFrom: An Historic Record and Pictorial Description of the Town of Meriden, Connecticut: And Men who Have Made It... A Century of Meriden "The Silver City." (p. 105)"The Meriden Gas Light Co. has provided Meriden with gas since 1863, when the company received its charter from the Connecticut Legislature. The business has always been conducted by Meriden men and local capital, and during its entire history the company has furnished pure coal gas.
The first cost of gas to the people of Meriden was $4.65 a thousand feet. As a result of that necessarily high price, gas was then principally used for illuminating purposes and largely by people of means."
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