1877 Print Wren's Gas Works Petroleum Retort Lighting Illumination Brooklyn MAB1 XAM6 Keywords specific to this image:

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1877 Print Wren's Gas Works Petroleum Retort Lighting Illumination Brooklyn MAB1 XAM6 Keywords specific to this image:This is an original 1877 halftone print of Wren's Gas Works for making petroleum gas, manufactured by Dr. Wren, corner of Water and Jay Streets, Brooklyn, NYC. With only a single retort this apparatus could produce an amount of gas equivalent to at least 25,000 cubic feet of coal gas enough petroleum gas for illumination to supply a village of 6,000 to 8,000 inhabitants. CONDITION This 134+ year old Item is rated Very Fine ++. Light aging throughout.