1877 Print Wren's Gas Works Petroleum Retort Lighting Illumination Brooklyn MAB1 XAM6 The image in this ad

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This is a tiny original 1930 black and white print ad for the Pinehurst Winter Resort

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1877 Print Wren's Gas Works Petroleum Retort Lighting Illumination Brooklyn MAB1 XAM6 The image in this adThis is an original 1877 halftone print of Wren's Gas Works for making petroleum gas, manufactured by Dr. Wren, corner of Water and Jay Streets, Brooklyn, NYC. With only a single retort this apparatus could produce an amount of gas equivalent to at least 25,000 cubic feet of coal gas enough petroleum gas for illumination to supply a village of 6,000 to 8,000 inhabitants. CONDITION This 134+ year old Item is rated Very Fine ++. Light aging throughout.