page_title: Laclede Gas Company
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Laclede Gas Company / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Share of the Laclede Gas Light Company, issued 24. May 1900 Deutsch: Aktie der Laclede Gas Light Company vom 24. Mai 1900
context_page_description: Laclede Gas Company is the largest natural gas distribution utility in Missouri, serving approximately 632,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in the city of St. Louis and ten counties in eastern Missouri. As an adjunct to its gas distribution business, the company operates an underground natural gas storage field, a propane storage cavern, and propane vaporization facilities.
  Lacede Gas is a regulated public utility and a wholly owned subsidiary of Spire Inc. Its corporate headquarters is located in the 700 Market building in downtown St. Louis.
context_section_description: It was founded as the Laclede Gas Light Company, as the invention of gas lit street and home lamps was a primary, and innovative use of natural gas. Gas lighting displaced candles, whale oil lamps and kerosene lamps, and came before the invention of electric lighting, and gas cooking and heating.
caption: Share of the Laclede Gas Light Company, issued 24. May 1900
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