![]() United States Electric and Gas and Consolidated Electric and Gas were subsidiaries of Central Public Service. Successive parent companies were Georgia Railway and Electric Company (1903), Georgia Railway and Power Company (1920), Georgia Power Company (1927), Central Public Service Corporation of Chicago (1929), United States Electric and Gas Company of New York (1932), and Consolidated Electric and Gas (1933), which was also based in New York. The Atlanta Gas Light Company was a subsidiary of a holding company for the next 58 years. It functioned as an independent company until 1889 when the United Gas Improvement Company of Philadelphia gained control of the company through a stock purchase. It is the oldest continuously operated company in the city of Atlanta and the second oldest company in the state of Georgia. The Atlanta Gas Light Company was incorporated in February 1856 to provide gas streetlights for Atlanta. Willett invoice 1856-1857 (Georgia Historical Society). ![]() Known as "Savannah's oldest public servant," the company has merged with Atlanta Gas Light and provides services under that corporate name.įrom the description of G. Its plant for processing and distributing gas was completed in 1850. Savannah Gas Company was established in December 1848. Tate.įrom the description of Atlanta Gas Light Company records, 1849-2002. Extracted from Keeper of the Flame: The Story of the Atlanta Gas Light Company, 1856-1985 by James H. After a series of mergers beginning in 1927, Atlanta Gas Light Company acquired holdings in Macon, Augusta, Griffin, Rome, Athens, Brunswick, Valdosta, Waycross, and Savannah with Atlanta Gas Light prevailing as the continuing corporation. The company is the oldest corporation in Atlanta and the second oldest in the state of Georgia. ![]() Several cities in Georgia already had gas service in 1856 including Athens, Augusta, Macon, and Savannah, but Atlanta had neither the capital nor the know-how until William Helme entered talks with Atlanta's city council in 1855. The Atlanta Gas Light Company was established on 16 February 1856 by William Helme, Julius A.
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