Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Mass.

Title

Patrick J. McLaughlin, Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department's first gas supervisor

Description

"Patrick J. McLaughlin was the gas department's superintendent when the Town of Wakefield purchased the privately-owned Citizens' Gas Company in 1894. His association with Wakefield's gas service began before the town's purchase, and at a 1935 banquet in his honor, he reflected upon his first encounter with the department. He recollected finding the gas holder on North Avenue on the ground, and working from Friday until Monday to get it standing. From then on, the old gas holder stayed put until it was dismantled in the early 1940s. Mr. McLaughlin was instrumental in servicing the needs of Wakefield's gas customers for nearly 50 years." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.

Image from the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department annual calendar, 1999

Photo courtesy of Alice Fitzpatrick.

Contributor

Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library

Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (Wakefield, Mass.)

D'Onofrio, Jayne M.

Coverage

Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield

Format

image/jpeg

Publisher

Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department

Subject

McLaughlin, Patrick J.

Gas companies--Employees

Type

still image

Photographs

Original Format

1 picture : b&w

Extent

9 x 12 cm.