164-Year-Old Gas Pipe, Oldest in Chicago’s Heating System, Formally Retired
Chicago — As part of the final stages of work to replace very old energy infrastructure in and around Chicago’s Loop, Peoples Gas formally retired a cast iron gas pipe that had been in service for 164 years. The pipe, a natural gas main, runs beneath Wabash Avenue and was in service since 1861. That’s the year Abraham Lincoln became president.
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