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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.

133. Pipe Laying Gang Posing at Camp Hope, Somewhere Between Farmington and Fairview, W. Va.

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.
Three men posed in an unidentified Oil and Gas Company office. Decorative gas stove in foreground.

134. Oil Company Office Workers

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.
Man walking down tracks towards gas pumping station, Wetzel Co.

135. Gas Pumping Station Hastings, W. VA

IDNO:
000793
Title:
Gas Pumping Station Hastings, W. VA
Date:
1910/07/16
Description:
Man walking down tracks towards gas pumping station, Wetzel Co.
Storage tank and other buildings.

136. Oil and Gas Facilities at an Experimental Plant

IDNO:
000794
Title:
Oil and Gas Facilities at an Experimental Plant
Date:
1940
Description:
Storage tank and other buildings.

137. Rebuilt Bridgeport Station, Hope Natural Gas Co.

IDNO:
000795
Title:
Rebuilt Bridgeport Station, Hope Natural Gas Co.
Date:
undated
Compressor Station Facilities-Symbolic of the Oil and Gas Industry in West Virginia.

138. Gas Compressor Station

IDNO:
000796
Title:
Gas Compressor Station
Date:
undated
Description:
Compressor Station Facilities-Symbolic of the Oil and Gas Industry in West Virginia.
Birdeye's view of Hope Gas Compression Station at Hastings, West Virginia. Hope Gas Beacon. 41 EMS Wide; 46 EMS Deep.

139. Hastings No. 1 Compression Station

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.
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

140. Lemley Compressing Station

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
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.

141. Deep Valley Compressing Station and Gasoline Plant, Combined

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.

142. Gas Pumping Station in North Central West Virginia

IDNO:
028593
Title:
Gas Pumping Station in North Central West Virginia
Date:
ca. 1905-1925

143. Oil Rigs in Snake Hollow, Wallace, W. Va.

IDNO:
028688
Title:
Oil Rigs in Snake Hollow, Wallace, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1905-1925

144. Oil Workers on a Steam Driven Drilling Machine, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
028701
Title:
Oil Workers on a Steam Driven Drilling Machine, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1912/09/23