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Four derricks with their adjoining oil company buildings.

25. Oil Derricks

IDNO:
000712
Title:
Oil Derricks
Date:
undated
Description:
Four derricks with their adjoining oil company buildings.
Five derricks and rigs. Oil gushing from well in foreground.

26. Shooting Wells with Nitroglycerin

IDNO:
000715
Title:
Shooting Wells with Nitroglycerin
Date:
undated
Description:
Five derricks and rigs. Oil gushing from well in foreground.
Derrick, rig, and storage tank beside a train track.

27. Steel Oil Derrick at Bluecreek, Kanawha County

IDNO:
000721
Title:
Steel Oil Derrick at Bluecreek, Kanawha County
Date:
undated
Description:
Derrick, rig, and storage tank beside a train track.
Men standing on top of an oil tank

28. Oil Workers Examining an Old Wooden Oil Storage Tank

IDNO:
000722
Title:
Oil Workers Examining an Old Wooden Oil Storage Tank
Date:
undated
Description:
Men standing on top of an oil tank
Two men forging a drill bit, one holding chain, one raising hammer.

29. Dressing Bits J.F. Sturm S. P. Co. No. 1, Shinnston, W. Va.

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.
Team of horses hauling pipes through the mud.

30. Teaming in Oil Field No. 2, Shinnston, W. Va.

IDNO:
000727
Title:
Teaming in Oil Field No. 2, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Team of horses hauling pipes through the mud.
Station and storage tanks.

31. Lowe Pump Station, Eureka Pipe Line Co., Shinnston, W. Va.

IDNO:
000730
Title:
Lowe Pump Station, Eureka Pipe Line Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Station and storage tanks.
Man working with a piece of oil machinery.

32. Oil Crewman at Work on Pump

IDNO:
000731
Title:
Oil Crewman at Work on Pump
Date:
undated
Description:
Man working with a piece of oil machinery.
Drawing of three men working with oil equipment.

33. Oil Men at Work

IDNO:
000736
Title:
Oil Men at Work
Date:
undated
Description:
Drawing of three men working with oil equipment.
Sketch of two men holding a rope that is part of oil machinery.

34. Drillin' for Black Gold

IDNO:
000737
Title:
Drillin' for Black Gold
Date:
undated
Description:
Sketch of two men holding a rope that is part of oil machinery.
Top photograph, men making bend in pipeline. Bottom photograph, 'The Hope Navy' transporting oil tanks.

35. Making Fire Bends and 'The Hope Navy'

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.
Row of horizontal engines at Jones Station.

36. Horizontal Engines at Jones Station

IDNO:
000745
Title:
Horizontal Engines at Jones Station
Date:
undated
Description:
Row of horizontal engines at Jones Station.