CHAPTER 1
Due Diligence
“We are striking it big in the electric light, better than my vivid imagination first conceived. Where this thing is going to stop Lord only knows.”
—Thomas Edison, Edison Museum, Fort Myers, Florida, October 1879
During the mid-nineteenth century, the homes and businesses in most large cities relied on gas lamps for light. Natural gas piped into the home was considered the modern alternative to the oil lamps and candles people had previously used. Vast networks of underground pipes supplied the gas, and the utility companies grew large by expanding their pipelines to consumers who had few alternatives. The network of gas pipelines grew out from the cities to reach more customers, and as the pipelines grew, the distribution ...
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