| Author | Hrastar, J., author.
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| Title | Liquid natural gas in the United States : a history / John Hrastar.
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| Published | Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
©2014
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| Description | vii, 277 pages ; 26 cm
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| ISBN | 9780786478590 (softcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0786478594 (softcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | ISBN (invalid) 9781476615097 (ebook) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-270) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Inferno -- Discovery and growth -- Growth to shortage -- Discovery of gas liquefaction -- Liquid storage -- Setback -- Recovery -- Breakout : moving the energy.
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| Summary Note | Summary: "When natural gas was discovered in Appalachia in the 19th century, its development and growth as a fuel was rapid. A 1944 disaster in Cleveland, when an LNG tank ruptured and caused a fire with 130 fatalities, caused the industry to pause. In 1959 a shipload of LNG went from Louisiana to Britain and restarted the LNG industry"--
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| Subjects | East Ohio Gas Company.
East Ohio Gas Explosion.
Gas as fuel -- History.
Liquefied natural gas -- United States -- History.
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| LC Card Number | 2014-19903 |
| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: TP 761 L5 H873 2014
CA-1401021 c.1: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 1092] |
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