The city has changed a lot in the last centurySubmitted by kayakhomeless t3_117oiff in providence
andylion t1_j9dcvat wrote
What is that huge domed building by the hospital?!
laterbacon t1_j9djfc0 wrote
It's an old gasometer
andylion t1_j9euv19 wrote
Wow. Putting a giant tank of flammable gas next to a hospital...that's a choice.
laterbacon t1_j9f09ea wrote
What could possibly go wrong?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_gasometer_explosion
Sybertron t1_j9ea05h wrote
Many of them come out of the ground. So its like a tower that can rise and fall. Some in Europe got made into really cool art projects too.
Kelruss t1_j9dlm7v wrote
Confirming the gasometer, it looks like the Providence Gas Company had operations in that area, according to an 1882 map which has both circular buildings marked. The building was on the block bounded by Crary St. on the north, Borden to the south, Hospital to the east, and Clay to the west. Today, it's the Eddy St. exit of of I-95 South (Exit 19, formerly 36 B).
TheSausageFattener t1_j9djmzv wrote
Gas tank
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