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Old Posted Mar 26, 2018, 7:55 PM
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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark View Post
Thanks for the info! I was not aware of 'gas holders'... learned something new today!!
Massive ones were seen in large US cities as well (the Elmshurst Tanks in Queens , NYC, were a notable landmark), and Toronto also had them in the distillery district and probably elsewhere too. They were originally used for town or coal gas, which was made from coal and piped into homes. Nasty stuff apparently. I remember as a kid visiting an old house on Lawrence St and the deactivated gas lamps were still attached to the walls. I had no idea back then that there was a network of gas mains in the streets of Halifax way back when.
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