Utilities: Natural Gas Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1961 dinner plate for the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation. Transcontinental is a natural gas transmission company with lines spanning from Texas to New York City. The logo for transcontinental may be a slightly...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1951 employee badge for the North American Conversion Company, an outfit that handled natural gas conversion. The badge shows the black and white photo of an employee named Giaimo. VINTAGE: Circa 1951. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a great and rare 1930's Philgas Company worker identification badge. PhilGas was a bottled natural gas distributed by Phillips, of "Phillips 66" fame. It is numbered 110, and the company name is in a nice Art Deco script...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s or 1940s 5-10 years of service pin for an employee of Lone Star Gas, a Texas utility company established in 190The pin is in enameled sterling silver and shows blue flames flanking the blue star at center. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s inspector badge from the Lowell Gas Light Company of Lowell, Massachusetts. The company was established in 1849, and the brick building built as its headquarters in 1859 has recently been refurbished as office space. The...

ARTIFACT: This is an early twentieth century employee hat badge for the Arlington Gas Light Company (A. G. L. Co.) of Arlington, Massachusetts. The badge was made by Spencer Manufacturing of Boston and has a maker mark on reverse. The building which once...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1880s-1890s inspector badge for the Lowell Gaslight Company of Lowell, Massachusetts. The badge is oval and is numbered 73 at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1880s-1890s. SIZE: Approximately 1-11/16" in height and 2-9/16" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s meter reader badge for the Roxbury Gas Light Company of Roxbury, Massachusetts. The badge is small and oval and has a B at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s. SIZE: Approximately 1-5/16" in height and 1-15/16" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous old Utility Gas and Mining Company bronze seal. The seal is round and shows a bearded man busy at a forge. VINTAGE: Circa possibly 1850s-1870s. SIZE: Approximately 2" in diameter and 1/4" in thickness. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950 truck driver cap badge for the Columbia Gas System. Established in 1906 in West Virginia as Columbia Gas Corporation, the company changed its name to Columbia Gas System in 1948 after suffering through an antitrust suit...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s Holyoke, MA Gas & Electric Department Meter Inspector badge #59. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width by 2-3/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass with painted lettering...

ARTIFACT: This is a Portsmouth Gas Company shovel holder, which is meant for mounting upon a wall and has a curved cradle at the bottom for holding a shovel. The holder is in orange and black and advertises the company as the manufacturers of...