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Former Manufactured Gas Plant (FMGP)/Coal Tar Site GIS Project

A 1909 Photograph of Coal Gas Plant near Chicago (DN-0055148, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society)
                                                                        A coal-gas plant serving the Chicago area in 1909. Notice the retort building (smokestacks) and
                                                                        two large support cylinders for gasometers (gas storage units) behind it. These facilities typically
                                                                        had rail access.

                                                              (Photograph DN-0055148 (1909), Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society)

Updated 04/20/2010 SLD

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