The flickering flames of gas lampposts enhance the historic charm of Poplar Street in Brooklyn Heights. 19th and early 20th-century brick buildings line the street which sits within the bounds of New ...

In the lighting industry the newest fad is the old gas lamp. The fad got going last year when Whitt Stephens, Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. president and board chairman, offered to install gas lamps free ...

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Intrigued tourists watch as Paul Doy climbs a ladder outside London’s Westminster Abbey and lifts the globe of a gas street lamp. Plans by City of Westminster ...

As you walk along Lawrence Hill, it’s difficult to believe the old tale that there’s a long abandoned Victorian street under your feet. However, local historian Dave Stephenson can confirm that the ...

The simple activity of taking a walk in the evening can easily turn from a relaxing leisurely activity to a dangerous endeavor by removing just one element from the streetscape: public lighting. While ...

In the United Kingdom, British Gas employs 30,000 workers. Five of them could be said to carry a torch that has been burning for two centuries. They are the lamplighters, tending to gas lamps that ...