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Imperial Continental Gas Association
Imperial Continental Gas Association plc was a leading British gas utility operating in various cities in Continental Europe . It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
==History==
The Company was formed by Sir Moses Montefiore〔(Moses Montefiore ) Halcyon, 29 June 2002〕 and some of his colleagues based in London in 1824 as the ''Imperial Continental Gas Association'' to establish gas utilities in other counties.〔(Imperial Continental Gas Association records 1824 - 1976 ) National Archives〕 It commenced operations distributing gas in Hannover in 1825 and providing gas lighting in Berlin in 1826 under the supervision of the Prussian Count Eduard of Dyhrn-Waldenburg-Schoenau.〔(Album presented to Robert W. Wilson by the Imperial Continental Gas Association 1922 )〕 During the course of the 19th century it established gas works in Antwerp, Brussels, Berlin and Vienna.〔(Where the action is: The Introduction and Acceptance of Infrastructure Innovations in Dutch Cities 1850-1950 ) Pim Kooij, 21 August 2006〕 Its operations in Vienna began in the mid-1840s; the head office from 1883 to 1902 was at the Palais Epstein.〔(Palais Epstein )〕
The noted philanthropist Goodwin Newton of Barrells Hall, and Glencripesdale Estate was Director and Chairman for a long period in the late nineteenth century.
It established the ''Westergasfabriek'' gas works in Amsterdam in 1883.〔(Westergasfabriek )〕
In 1928 it established Distrigas, the main gas distributor in Belgium, which is now owned by Eni.〔(Publigas, Eni reach agreement on Distrigas sale ) Forbes, 26 June 2008〕 During World War I its operations in Berlin were nationalised by the German Government.〔(Hansard ) House of Lords, 6 May 1918〕
In 1969 the Company acquired all the shares in Calor Group that it did not already own.〔(Competition Commission Report 1981 )〕
In 1986 it rejected a bid from ''Gulf Resources & Chemical Corporation'', a company controlled by the Barclay brothers.〔(Imperial Gas ) New York Times, 23 October 1986〕 Instead in 1987 it broke itself up into Calor Group (now owned by SHV) and Contibel (now owned by Tractebel).〔(Gulf Resources & Chemical Corporation )〕
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