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Ballymena -- History; Ballymena (Northern Ireland) -- History; Gas
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(Energen Corporation), Sandra Behel (2002).
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(Cincinnati, OH), received franchise
from City of Montgomery to provide street lighting using
manufactured gas; today - diversified energy company with two major
subsidiaries.
(Gas Light and Coke Company), Stirling Everard (1949).
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Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Honorary Professor at the Centre
for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (University of
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policy--United States--History--20th century; Natural gas
pipelines--United States--History--20th century.
(Parisian Gas Company), Lenard R. Berlanstein (1991).
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pipelines--United States--History; Gas industry--United
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Invisible Fuel: Manufactured
and Natural Gas in America, 1800-2000 (New York, NY: Twayne).
Associate Professor of History (California State University,
Sacramento). Gas industry--United States--History;. Offshore gas
industry--United States--History; Gas companies--United
States--History; Liquefied natural gas industry--United
States--History; Liquefied petroleum gas industry--United
States--History; Gas appliances--United States--History;
Gas-lighting--United States--History.
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policy--Illinois--Chicago--History; Gas--Law and legislation--United
States--History; Antitrust law--United States--History.
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