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“First Gas Works in North Carolina / Salem, N.C.”

'First Gas Works in North Carolina / Salem, N.C.'

Three unidentified men stand outside of the gas works that stood on what is today the northwest corner of Liberty Street and Brookstown Avenue. The works made gas from rosin from 1858 until the 1890s.

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created
c. 1880-1890
creator
Hege, Tom (attributed)
description
Three unidentified men stand outside of the gas works that stood on what is today the northwest corner of Liberty Street and Brookstown Avenue. The works made gas from rosin from 1858 until the 1890s.
hasFormat
Glass Plate Negative
hasVersion
4020.649
identifier
http://www.digitalforsyth.org/jpg/ols/df4/ols_df4_00578.jpg, http://www.digitalforsyth.org/jpg/ols/df4/ols_df4_00578-th.jpg, http://hdl.handle.net/10339/40596
isPartOf
D F 4
isReferencedBy
ols_df4_00578
issued
c. 1880-1890
publisher
Old Salem Museums and Gardens
rightsHolder
Old Salem Museums and Gardens
subject
Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works, Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Sources, Digital Forsyth
title
"First Gas Works in North Carolina / Salem, N.C."
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