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Indiana Gas Field Natural gas miners and their drill, near Kokomo, Indiana, c. 1885. The Indiana gas boom was a period of active drilling and production of natural gas in the Trenton Gas Field, in the US state of Indiana and the adjacent northwest part of Ohio. The boom began in the early 1880s and lasted into the early 20th century.
The field was the largest natural gas discovery up to that time, with an area of 5,120 square miles (13,300 km 2), somewhat smaller in area than the state of Connecticut, containing over 1 trillion cubic feet (28 × 10 ^ 9 m 3) of natural gas.
The gas tanks were discovered by firefighters during cleanup operations and later testing revealed that they were the cause of the explosion. Following the disaster, a grand jury indicted seven people in total, including employees of the gas provider and the company that operated the arena, as well as the state fire marshal and the city fire ...
It became a boom town when natural gas was found in the area in 1887 as part of the Indiana gas boom. The Gas City Land Company was founded on March 21, 1892, and the town of about 150 people changed its name to Gas City a few days later. [4] However, much of the natural gas was depleted by the late 1800s and early 1900s, often due to ...
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Indiana Gas Boom gradually came to an end. [35] The end of the Gas Boom was difficult for many small communities, and it was a major cause of Mollie's decline. Unlike some communities, Mollie did not have manufacturers that were dependent upon the low-cost energy provided by the abundant natural gas.
[Note 2] After a reorganization and the destruction of its Tiffin works by fire, the company was lured to Hartford City, Indiana. [1] [13] Located in East Central Indiana, Hartford City offered free natural gas and land. [14] The East Central Indiana area was enjoying an economic “boom” period at that time caused by the discovery of natural ...
First Amazon rubber boom: rubber: agricultural: Amazon basin: 1879–1912 Canadian wheat boom: wheat: agricultural: Canada, especially Prairie Provinces: circa 1880 to 1910, and 1914 to 1921 [2] [3] Indiana gas boom: natural gas: fossil fuel: Indiana, US: early 1880s – early 20th century: Ohio oil rush: petroleum: fossil fuel: Northwest Ohio ...
The Indiana Gas Boom transformed the region, as manufacturers moved to the area to utilize the natural gas and railroad system. During 1901, Indiana state inspectors visited 21 manufacturing facilities in Blackford County, and these companies employed 1,346 people (compare to 171 two decades earlier). [ 52 ]