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Does Chicago Want A Return To The Gaslight Era?
8:33 am in Business & Politics, chicago, coal. global warming, illinois, usa by TreeHugger
"Electrified gaslight chandelier, ormolu, bronze, and glass, c. 1858, by Cornelius and Baker, Executive Chamber, the Vermont State House, Montpelier, Vermont" Image credit:Wikipedia
Before there was "natural gas" a more toxic, man-made version was openly burned to light homes in European and North American cities. Called coal- or town-gas, it was a common source of illumination up until the 1940's. I once rented a flat in Chicago's Lincoln Park which contained converted antique coal gas chandeliers every bit as lo...Read the full story on TreeHugger
