The Fredonia Gas Light Company, founded in 1858, was the first
natural gas company in the
United States. It was founded by a group of
entrepreneurs after William Hart, considered the "father of natural gas" in the U.S., drilled in 1825 the first natural gas
well in America along
Canadaway Creek in
Fredonia, New York
Fredonia is a village in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 9,871 as of the 2020 census. Fredonia is in the town of Pomfret south of Lake Erie. The village is the home of the State University of New York at Fredonia ( ...
.
The well was approximately deep; by contrast, modern wells are over {{convert, 7500, ft, m deep. The well was actually a big hole dug with shovels. The pipeline to transport the gas was made from hollowed out logs connected together with tar and rags.
References
Companies based in New York (state)
Natural gas companies of the United States