Search Results
IDNO:
000701
Title:
Ezkiel Smith Well No. 1, H. G. Company. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Oil derrick, storage tank, and other equipment.
IDNO:
000702
Title:
William Janes Well No. 1, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000703
Title:
Oil Derrick and Adjoining Buildings
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000704
Title:
Oil Well Gushing Oil
Date:
undated
Description:
Group of people watching a gusher.
IDNO:
000705
Title:
Nannie Lowe Well No. 3, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000706
Title:
Hoist Mechanism for a Shaft Coal Mine
Date:
undated
Description:
A hoist mechanism for a shaft coal mine next to several buildings at a mine in an unknown location, likely in West Virginia.
IDNO:
000707
Title:
Scenic View of an Oil Derrick on a Hillside
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000708
Title:
Scenic View of an Oil Derrick on a Hillside.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000709
Title:
E.J. Whiteman Well No. 2 with Derrick, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Men stand atop oil tanks with derrick in the background.
IDNO:
000710
Title:
Oil Derrick at Webster Springs, W.Va.
Date:
ca. 1916
Description:
"This is the first well drilled at Webster Springs several years ago. in drilling they found all the oil sands regular and of good thickness. And the well showed some oil. it was drilled by a local company which lost its nerve in making further tests." Published by Del Gillespie, Webster Springs, W.Va. (postcard collection legacy system--subjects.)
IDNO:
000711
Title:
Dora Davis Well No. 1, S. P. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Oil derrick and adjoining oil company buildings.
IDNO:
000712
Title:
Oil Derricks
Date:
undated
Description:
Four derricks with their adjoining oil company buildings.
IDNO:
000713
Title:
Wind Damaged Oil Rig
Date:
1935
IDNO:
000714
Title:
Hugh Jarvis Well No. 1, Trees Benedum Co. Shinnston, W.Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
IDNO:
000715
Title:
Shooting Wells with Nitroglycerin
Date:
undated
Description:
Five derricks and rigs. Oil gushing from well in foreground.
IDNO:
000716
Title:
William Fencher Well No. 1, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Oil rig and derrick in the countryside.
IDNO:
000717
Title:
Matheney Oil Well near Harrisville, Ritchie County
Date:
ca. 1880 or 1890
IDNO:
000718
Title:
Bushnell Kennedy Well No. 4, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Oil rig and derrick.
IDNO:
000719
Title:
J. B. Swiger Well No. 8, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Oil rig derrick in winter.
IDNO:
000720
Title:
Bushnell Kennedy Well No. 4, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
IDNO:
000721
Title:
Steel Oil Derrick at Bluecreek, Kanawha County
Date:
undated
Description:
Derrick, rig, and storage tank beside a train track.
IDNO:
000722
Title:
Oil Workers Examining an Old Wooden Oil Storage Tank
Date:
undated
Description:
Men standing on top of an oil tank
IDNO:
000723
Title:
Trucks Transporting Oil Pipes in Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1924
Description:
'It took skill to drive trucks.'
IDNO:
000724
Title:
Trucks Transporting Oil Pipes in Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1924
IDNO:
000725
Title:
Second Shooting at H. H. Swiger Well No. 1, B. A. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Oil gushes from well at Shinnston.
IDNO:
000726
Title:
Dressing Bits J.F. Sturm S. P. Co. No. 1, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Two men forging a drill bit, one holding chain, one raising hammer.
IDNO:
000727
Title:
Teaming in Oil Field No. 2, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Team of horses hauling pipes through the mud.
IDNO:
000728
Title:
Teaming in Oil Field No. 10, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Team of eight horses pulling oil equipment up a muddy hill.
IDNO:
000729
Title:
Teaming in Oil Field No. 26, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Team of six horses pulling pipes up a hill.
IDNO:
000730
Title:
Lowe Pump Station, Eureka Pipe Line Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Station and storage tanks.
IDNO:
000731
Title:
Oil Crewman at Work on Pump
Date:
undated
Description:
Man working with a piece of oil machinery.
IDNO:
000732
Title:
Teaming in Oil Field No. 4, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1910
Description:
Teams of horses hauling supplies by a derrick.
IDNO:
000733
Title:
Teaming in Oil Field No. 3, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Team of horses pulling a large piece of equipment.
IDNO:
000734
Title:
Horizontal Engines with Big Fly Wheels
Date:
ca. 1948
Description:
Row of oil engines.
IDNO:
000735
Title:
Teamsters Hauling Oil Equipment Down a Muddy Road
Date:
1911
Description:
'Mud was a great enemy.'
IDNO:
000736
Title:
Oil Men at Work
Date:
undated
Description:
Drawing of three men working with oil equipment.
IDNO:
000737
Title:
Drillin' for Black Gold
Date:
undated
Description:
Sketch of two men holding a rope that is part of oil machinery.
IDNO:
000738
Title:
Teamsters Hauling Oil Equipment Down a Muddy Road
Date:
1911
IDNO:
000739
Title:
Making Fire Bends and 'The Hope Navy'
Date:
undated
Description:
Top photograph, men making bend in pipeline. Bottom photograph, 'The Hope Navy' transporting oil tanks.
IDNO:
000740
Title:
Horizontal Engines with Big Fly Wheels
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Line of horizontal engines.
IDNO:
000741
Title:
Horizontal Engines with Big Fly Wheels
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Line of horizontal engines with big fly wheels.
IDNO:
000742
Title:
Teaming in Oil Field No. 38, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Team of eight horses pulling a cart with oil equipment and crew.
IDNO:
000743
Title:
Bridgeport Station after Tornado
Date:
1944
Description:
Men inspect the ruins of the Bridgeport Station after a tornado.
IDNO:
000744
Title:
Setting Up Drill No. 137
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Men standing at the bottom of a wooden derrick. Keen Wolf. Bull Bayou.
IDNO:
000745
Title:
Horizontal Engines at Jones Station
Date:
undated
Description:
Row of horizontal engines at Jones Station.
IDNO:
000746
Title:
Work Crew Laying Oil Pipeline Across a River
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000747
Title:
Shinnston Area Oil Field
Date:
1900
Description:
Activities in the oil field near Shinnston, Adamsville area. Horses, wagons, and man-power moved all the equipment to the drilling site. Sistersville and Shinnston came into the oil boom about the same time. E.K. Towles of Shinnston, W. Va.
IDNO:
000748
Title:
Teaming in Oil Field No. 2, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Teams of horses hauling pipe through the mud.
IDNO:
000749
Title:
Result of Agnew's Shots, Sistersville, Tyler County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Large amounts of oil shooting out of a derrick after being shot with nitroglycerin.
IDNO:
000750
Title:
Wooden Oil Derricks in a West Virginia Oil Field
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000751
Title:
Bridgeport Station after Tornado
Date:
1944
Description:
Men inspect the ruins of the Bridgeport Station after a tornado.
IDNO:
000752
Title:
Dry Hole
Date:
1860
Description:
Wooden Oil Derrick
IDNO:
000753
Title:
Oil Well Gusher after Shot of Nitro-Glycerine
Date:
undated
Description:
A flowing oil well, showing the effect of an eighty-quart shot of nitro-glycerine. Harrison County.
IDNO:
000754
Title:
Placing a Twenty Quart Nitro-Glycerine Shell.
Date:
ca. 1901
Description:
James Thompson, the Veteran Shooter, placing a twenty-quart nitro-glycerine shell. Harrison County Oil Fields.
IDNO:
000755
Title:
Making Fire Bends
Date:
undated
Description:
Men working on oil pipe.
IDNO:
000756
Title:
Mt. Morris Oil Well
Date:
undated
Description:
Oil Derrick at Mt. Morris.
IDNO:
000757
Title:
Big Moses Gas Well, Tyler Co.
Date:
1894/09/09
Description:
Large group of people gathered by the Big Moses Gas Well.
IDNO:
000758
Title:
Oil Workers Examining an Old Wooden Oil Storage Tank
Date:
undated
Description:
Men standing on top of an oil tank
IDNO:
000759
Title:
J. E. Shreves No. 2 Changing Tower and Casing Crew, Shinnston, W.Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
IDNO:
000760
Title:
Hammering Drill Bit
Date:
1911
Description:
Workers hammering and four women and one child watching.
IDNO:
000761
Title:
E.J. Whiteman (Witeman) Well No. 2, S.P. Co. Lowering Tools, Oil Flowing, Shinnston, W.Va.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000762
Title:
Oil Men Posing by Storage Tanks
Date:
undated
Description:
Two Men Standing in between three oil storage containers.
IDNO:
000763
Title:
E.E. Swiger Well No. 2, Phila. Co. Oil flowing in tank 12,000 Bbls per day. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Six men standing on top of an oil tank.
IDNO:
000764
Title:
Shinnston Petroleum Co. Casing Crew on Wrecked Rig of H.E. Siger, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Seven men on the wrecked oil rig of H.E. Siger.
IDNO:
000765
Title:
H. N. C. Company Oil Equipment TransportationTruck
Date:
1924
Description:
Men standing beside a halftrack carrying oil equipment.
IDNO:
000766
Title:
Carpenters in Oilfield, Shinnston, W.Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Men pose in front of oil tanks.
IDNO:
000767
Title:
J. E. Shreves No. 1 S.P. Co. Crew Puting on Bradenhead, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Crew of ten men and one small boy.
IDNO:
000768
Title:
Smith, Fred
Date:
1908
Description:
The late Fred Smith sitting at a desk.
IDNO:
000769
Title:
Teamsters Pose with Their Horses, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
IDNO:
000770
Title:
Visitor in the Oil Field, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Man on a horse with two men standing beside the horse.
IDNO:
000771
Title:
Leslie Vincent's Teams, Adamsville, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Two men standing with four horses. Oil well in background.
IDNO:
000772
Title:
Doak's Dining Table Tent, Mudlick Oilfield, Shinnston, W.Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
People sitting down at two tables eating a meal.
IDNO:
000773
Title:
E.J. Whiteman Well No. 2, S. P. Co. , Changing Tools, Oil Flowing, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Oil flows into the air between two oil workers.
IDNO:
000774
Title:
Nitro-Glycerine Wagon Loaded for Business in Harrison County Oil Fields
Date:
undated
Description:
Men standing in front of a Virginia Torpedo Co. wagon carrying nitro-glycerin. From Grant's Photo. Record of West Virginia.
IDNO:
000775
Title:
Section of Wolf Summit Oil Fields, Harrison County, W. Va
Date:
ca. 1901
Description:
Oil field in a hilly area, oil derricks are visible. From Grant's Photograph Record of West Virginia.
IDNO:
000776
Title:
Oil Workers at George Rineheart No. 2 Well, Shinnston Petroleum Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000777
Title:
Lambert Bros. Store & Restaurant, Adamsville, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Group posed in front of building.
IDNO:
000778
Title:
Shinnston Petroluem Pipe Line Employees by S.L. Vincent Rig No. 6, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Group portrait of oil workers standing behind pipe line.
IDNO:
000779
Title:
Piled., Boiler House, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Group Portrait of five men, two women, and a dog on the porch of a Boiler House.
IDNO:
000780
Title:
Title Page of the Book 'The Oil Well Driller', by Charles Whiteshot
Date:
1905
Description:
Title page and copyright page of 'The Oil Well Driller' by Charles Whiteshot, Mannington, W. Va. Cover displays images of Colonel Edwin L. Drake, Modern Dilling Well, Dipping Oil with Blankets, Digging Conductor Hole, and Drilling with Spring Pole or Kick Down.
IDNO:
000781
Title:
Excavating Reservoir to E.E. Swiger Well No. 1, Phila. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Group photo of oil workers.
IDNO:
000782
Title:
E.J. Whiteman Well No. 2, S.P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Two men standing beside an oil well.
IDNO:
000783
Title:
Oil Worker and His Team of Horses
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000784
Title:
Dressing Bit - B.S. Humphrey Well No. 2, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Three men working on oil equipment.
IDNO:
000785
Title:
Oil Men and Pose with Visitors in a Horse Drawn Wagon
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000786
Title:
Title Page of The Oil Well Driller, by Charles Whiteshot, 1905
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000787
Title:
South Penn Men Wileville District
Date:
1906
Description:
Large group photo of the South Penn Men, Wileville District.
IDNO:
000788
Title:
Oil Pump Station
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000789
Title:
Hastings Station
Date:
1904
Description:
Hastings Station with men standing outside the building.
IDNO:
000790
Title:
Experimental Oil and Gas Plant
Date:
1940
Description:
Storage tank and other buildings.
IDNO:
000791
Title:
Pipe Laying Gang Posing at Camp Hope, Somewhere Between Farmington and Fairview, W. Va.
Date:
1903/09/09
Description:
Standing left to right Pearl Roby, Noah Moore, George Burriss, Lem South, Judge tennant, Mont Tucker, Burl Tennant, Bill Taylor, (Visitor name not known). Sitting Charley Myers, Herbert Lapoe, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Aultman.
IDNO:
000792
Title:
Oil Company Office Workers
Date:
undated
Description:
Three men posed in an unidentified Oil and Gas Company office. Decorative gas stove in foreground.
IDNO:
000793
Title:
Gas Pumping Station Hastings, W. VA
Date:
1910/07/16
Description:
Man walking down tracks towards gas pumping station, Wetzel Co.
IDNO:
000794
Title:
Oil and Gas Facilities at an Experimental Plant
Date:
1940
Description:
Storage tank and other buildings.
IDNO:
000795
Title:
Rebuilt Bridgeport Station, Hope Natural Gas Co.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000796
Title:
Gas Compressor Station
Date:
undated
Description:
Compressor Station Facilities-Symbolic of the Oil and Gas Industry in West Virginia.
IDNO:
000797
Title:
Hastings No. 1 Compression Station
Date:
ca. 1948
Description:
Birdeye's view of Hope Gas Compression Station at Hastings, West Virginia. Hope Gas Beacon. 41 EMS Wide; 46 EMS Deep.
IDNO:
000798
Title:
Lemley Compressing Station
Date:
1919/08
Description:
In Batelle District, Monongalia County, West Va., (Fairview working district) on waters of Miracle Run, two miles south of Brave, Penna. Station site, -2.23 acres, owned in fee; being part of Elias J. Eddy farm. Station built in 1917 to take casing head gas from wells in vicinity, discharging into line leading to Brave Station. Buildings: Sheet iron over wood frame, painted Company colors. Compressor Building 48'x 52', Auxiliary Building 12'x 25'. No Dwellings. Main Machinery: 1- 60 HP Clark and Norton Gas Engine and Compressor. 2- 80 HP Clark and Norton Gas Engines with compressors. Total Investment (May 1, 1919) $26,884.32
IDNO:
000799
Title:
Deep Valley Compressing Station and Gasoline Plant, Combined
Date:
1919/08
Description:
In Central District, Doddrige County, West Va., (Shirley working district), on waters of Arnolds Creek, three miles northwest of town of Central on Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Plant site, -2.45 acres, owned in fee. Plant, consisting of small compressing station and gasoline unit built in fall of 1917. Gasoline plant stopped operating about May, 1918. Plant built to take casing head gas from wells in vicinity and extract gasoline, discharging residue gas into lines leading to Hastings Station. Buildings- Sheet iron on wood frame, with stell truss roof; painted Company colors. Compressor Building 28 ft x 36 ft, Auxiliary Building 14 ft. x 20 ft. No Dwellings. Compressing Machinery: 2- 60 HP Clark and Norton Gas Engines and Compressors combined. Total investment, combined plant $33,008.37. Total insurance 20,000.
IDNO:
000800
Title:
Civil War Recruiting Broadside
Date:
1861/07/29
Description:
Civil War ad reading: 1,010 Brave Men Wanted! I am authorized by Governor Pierpont to raide a Reigment of men to consist of TEN COMPANIES of 101 men each, including officers. When two companies are formed they will be mustered into service and a camp will be established at or near Morgantown, where they will be armed, equipped and drilled until the Regiment is full and ordered into service. July 29, 1861 James Evans.
