Before revision: Widespread use upCommemoration of the first U.S. street gas light, at the intersection of North Holliday Street and East Baltimore Street in Baltimore upA gaslit outdoor fountain at Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn, New York, 1873–1897) Church interior with gas torchieres (Reading, Berkshire, ) A lamplighter igniting a gas streetlight in Sweden, 1953 Among the economic impacts of gas lighting was much longer work hours in factories.
After revision: c. 1875Widespread use upCommemoration of the first U.S. street gas light, at the intersection of North Holliday Street and East Baltimore Street in Baltimore upA gaslit outdoor fountain at Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn, New York, 1873–1897) Church interior with gas torchieres (Reading, Berkshire, ) A lamplighter igniting a gas streetlight in Sweden, 1953 Among the economic impacts of gas lighting was much longer work hours in factories.