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Northern Liberties Gas Company (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records

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The Northern Liberties Gas Company was established on March 15, 1838 and was incorporated in 1844. It held offices located at Third and Brown Streets. It served a region bordered by the Delaware River, Sixth Street, Vine, and Thompson Streets. In 1900 it began to provide service to customers using the facilities of the City of Philadelphia and was purchased by the Philadelphia Gas Works in 1955.

The collection consists of four manuscript volumes, documenting receipts and payments of cash, pay lists of workers, and dividends.

The collection is arranged by volume.

Purchased with Paley Endowment Funds, January 26, 1990.

Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in June 2015.

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Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Finding Aid Author
Machine-readable finding aid created by: Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd., Rajkumar Natarajan.
Finding Aid Date
February 2023
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Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The Northern Liberties Gas Company (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records are the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Collection Inventory

Receipts and Payments of cash. Bills Presented to Committee of Finance, April 1889-July 1895.
Box 1 Volume 1
Receipts and Payments of cash. Bills Presented to Committee of Finance, July 1895-1900.
Box 1 Volume 2
Pay Lists of Workman Employed at the Northern Liberties Gas Works (Distributions of Amounts – Northern Liberties, Kensington, Richmond - further broken down into categories of works, repairs, services, main, gas and public lamps), 1852-1958.
Box 1 Volume 3
Divided Book No. 3 (Dividend No. 79, 1875-No. 105. Signature for individual dividends received), (1885).
Box 1 Volume 4

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