The Fredonia Gas Light Company, founded in 1858, was the first natural gas company in the United States. It was founded by a group of entrepreneurs after William Hart, considered the "father of natural gas" in the U.S., drilled in 1821https://www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie/gaz-naturel/2-histoire/ the first natural gas well in America along Canadaway Creek in Fredonia, New York. The well was approximately deep; by contrast, modern wells are over deep. The well was actually a big hole dug with shovels. The pipeline to transport the gas was made from hollowed out logs connected together with tar and rags.
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