The Gas-Light Company of Baltimore was incorporated on February 5, 1817, for the purpose of providing gas lighting for the streets and individual buildings. The organizers included Rembrandt Peale, who had earlier demonstrated gas lighting in his museum, William Gywnn, Robert Cary Long, and William Lorman, who became the first president. The first gas works was constructed on the corner of North and Saratoga Streets.
In 1831 Gen. Columbus O'Donnell became president and undertook a major expansion program. The firm was purchased by a group of Brooklyn, N.Y., capitalists headed by S. L. Husted in 1870-1871. On July 1, 1880, it merged with the People's Gas-light Company and the Consumers Mutual Gas-light Company to form the Consolidated Gas Company of Baltimore City.
From the description of Miscellany, 1850-1851. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122370781
