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[[File:BRLPCo gas plant 1908.jpg|right|thumb|450px|Birmingham Gas Company plant in 1908]] | |||
The '''Birmingham Gas & Electric Company''' was one of the city's first public utilities. It was chartered on [[June 4]], [[1879]] by [[Frank O'Brien]], [[J. F. B. Jackson]] and others. The company was consolidated into the [[Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company]] when it was formed in [[1898]]. | The '''Birmingham Gas & Electric Company''' was one of the city's first public utilities. It was chartered on [[June 4]], [[1879]] by [[Frank O'Brien]], [[J. F. B. Jackson]] and others. The company was consolidated into the [[Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company]] when it was formed in [[1898]]. | ||
Revision as of 20:50, 2 December 2017
The Birmingham Gas & Electric Company was one of the city's first public utilities. It was chartered on June 4, 1879 by Frank O'Brien, J. F. B. Jackson and others. The company was consolidated into the Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company when it was formed in 1898.
The company's main gas plant was located on the northwest corner of the intersection of 13th Street and 2nd Avenue North. The associated Birmingham Electric Light & Illuminating Co. was located across the alley, on 3rd Avenue North.
By 1920 the company's gas plant could produce 1,600,000 cubic feet of gas, and store a reserve supply of 4,000,000 cubic feet. It was acquired and merged into the Alabama Gas Corporation in the late 1930s.