Compañía Primitiva de Gas de Buenos Aires Ltda. was a gas and electricity company of
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origin, who operated in the city of Buenos Aires between 1854 and 1945.
History
The company was founded in 1854 in Buenos Aires, and its
plant
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was located in the area of
Retiro, in the current
Tower Monumental. The company was dedicated in its origins in provide the public lighting of the city. In 1895 the company began to carry out the works to supply electrical energy to the city of Buenos Aires. In 1897, the Board of the Primitiva acquired the ''Sociedad de Luz Eléctrica Edison'', the main electrical plant of the city.
The Primitiva was dedicated to the
Electric Lighting
Electric light
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of Buenos Aires until 1920. year in which it lost the
concession.
The Compañía Primitiva de Gas de Buenos Aires Ltda registered its name in 1901, and changed its original name in 1910 as ''Primitiva Gas and Electric Lighting Company of Buenos Aires''. In 1901 the company's capital was £1,200,000
sterling.
In 1944 the national government decreed the nationalization of Compañía Primitiva de Gas. The company ceased its functions on March 5, 1945, taking charge of the management of the expropriated company
Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales.
The Primitiva Gas Company of Buenos Aires came to provide gas to a total of 240,000 users until its nationalization in 1944, distributing gas to the areas of Buenos Aires,
La Plata
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,
Bahia Blanca
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and
Rosario
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. The company also counted on a fleet of
trucks
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and
motorcycles
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to provide care to its users.
References
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External links
Historias de Gas en Argentina
Oil and gas companies of Argentina
Companies based in Buenos Aires
Río de la Plata