Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Mass.

Title

Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department, Railroad Avenue, early 1900s

Description

"The Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department has operated from the North Avenue (formerly Railroad Avenue) plant, overlooking Lake Quannapowitt, since the town purchased the Citizens Gas and Light Company for $180,000 in 1894. The purchase included the land and buildings, as well as the equipment. The buildings also included a house for the Superintendent, as well as the barn. The site has undergone physical changes over the years, including repairs and additions to the building, the addition - and later the dismantling - of a gas holder, and the complete replacement of the original buildings on the site in 1951. The WMGLD expects to consolidate all operations at the North Avenue site in the next few years."

Image from the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department annual calendar, 2011

Photo courtesy of the Wakefield Historical Society.

Contributor

Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library

Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (Wakefield, Mass.)

D'Onofrio, Jayne M.

Coverage

Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield

Railroad Avenue (Wakefield, Mass.)

Date

1900-1903

Format

image/jpeg

Publisher

Wakefield, Mass. : Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department

Subject

Electric utilities

Gas companies

Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (Wakefield, Mass.)

Type

still image

Photographs

Original Format

1 picture: b & w

Extent

30 x 19 cm.