On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 15:30:50 +0100, "Ophelia"
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> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> > Most older city homes are plumbed for gas lighting... electric
> > lighting is relatively new... as electric lighting became popular
> > (only about 100 years ago) the piping was cut, capped, and plastered
> > over... the gas piping is still inside the walls. The house I grew up
> > in was built in 1911, it originally had all gas lighting, so did all
> > the the houses around... some left the gaslight fixtures because they
> > are so decorative, some were electrified. We electrified those in our
> > entryway and center hallways on both floors.
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> Yes I hadn't heard of both types of working lighting in a single unit.
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AFAIK, they don't come that way in Victorians out here in the West
(unless you like house fires). They removed or capped off the gas
plumbing and wired the gas light fixtures for electricity.


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