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'Tanks and loading rack at Volcano Junction. Here the Sand Hill and Laurel Fork Railroad met the Baltimore and Ohio. Both standard gauge tracks.'

1. Tanks and Loading Rack, Volcano, W. Va.

IDNO:
009687
Title:
Tanks and Loading Rack, Volcano, W. Va.
Date:
1898
Description:
'Tanks and loading rack at Volcano Junction. Here the Sand Hill and Laurel Fork Railroad met the Baltimore and Ohio. Both standard gauge tracks.'
'Remains of Volcano in 1907 Looking South.'

2. Volcano, W. Va.

IDNO:
009813
Title:
Volcano, W. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
'Remains of Volcano in 1907 Looking South.'
'Early tools used in the Volcano fields. Originals in Marietta, Ohio museum.'

3. Tools Used in Oil Fields of Volcano, W. Va.

IDNO:
009669
Title:
Tools Used in Oil Fields of Volcano, W. Va.
Date:
1915
Description:
'Early tools used in the Volcano fields. Originals in Marietta, Ohio museum.'
John Schaffer's store which was the last building standing in Volcano, West Virginia.

4. Schaffer's Store, Volcano, W. Va.

IDNO:
009872
Title:
Schaffer's Store, Volcano, W. Va.
Date:
1953
Description:
John Schaffer's store which was the last building standing in Volcano, West Virginia.
'Deserted site of Volcano in 1953 looking south from large tank.'

5. Deserted Site of Volcano, W. Va.

IDNO:
009795
Title:
Deserted Site of Volcano, W. Va.
Date:
1953
Description:
'Deserted site of Volcano in 1953 looking south from large tank.'

6. Woodburn Seminary, WVU, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
037631
Title:
Woodburn Seminary, WVU, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1864

7. Woodburn Seminary, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
037630
Title:
Woodburn Seminary, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1864
'#1 R.H. Gratz, BLW 1743, 7/18/68, 15x18" 44 0 21 ton. Ancient engine, the Gratz, one of the two engines which operated on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Rail Road. Taken around 1880-1890. Two persons on the tender are unidentified, but Swearingen said the two others were David Reece, engineer, and C. M. Jones, master mechanic. The engine was scrapped in 1897, along with th railroad system. (Picture to accompany Parkersburg News article, July 10, 1960).'

8. Engine on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Railroad

IDNO:
025742
Title:
Engine on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Railroad
Date:
ca. 1880-1890
Description:
'#1 R.H. Gratz, BLW 1743, 7/18/68, 15x18" 44 0 21 ton. Ancient engine, the Gratz, one of the two engines which operated on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Rail Road. Taken around 1880-1890. Two persons on the tender are unidentified, but Swearingen said the two others were David Reece, engineer, and C. M. Jones, master mechanic. The engine was scrapped in 1897, along with th railroad system. (Picture to accompany Parkersburg News article, July 10, 1960).'
Note the steamboat on the Monongahela River below Woodburn Circle.

9. WVU from University Hill, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
037636
Title:
WVU from University Hill, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1900
Description:
Note the steamboat on the Monongahela River below Woodburn Circle.
'Concrete oil tank, probably only one built. The remants of two tanks (concrete) are visible from the top of Petroleum Road. These tanks, and the one in this photo, appear to be water tanks. Water was needed for the steam engines. (Note the water in your tank) Oil tanks were either wood, or metal. The metal tanks could be moved from one site to another. When the gushers first came in there was labor unrest because the coopers were making more money than the oil workers-barrels could not be made fast enough to meet the demand.'--Mike Naylor, 03/2006

10. Concrete Oil Tank, Volcano, W. Va.

IDNO:
009691
Title:
Concrete Oil Tank, Volcano, W. Va.
Description:
'Concrete oil tank, probably only one built. The remants of two tanks (concrete) are visible from the top of Petroleum Road. These tanks, and the one in this photo, appear to be water tanks. Water was needed for the steam engines. (Note the water in your tank) Oil tanks were either wood, or metal. The metal tanks could be moved from one site to another. When the gushers first came in there was labor unrest because the coopers were making more money than the oil workers-barrels could not be made fast enough to meet the demand.'--Mike Naylor, 03/2006

11. Zero Oil Company, Parkersburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
009772
Title:
Zero Oil Company, Parkersburg, W. Va.
'Parkersburg Headquarters of Stiles Oil Company First Street.'

12. Zero Oil Company, Parkersburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
007676
Title:
Zero Oil Company, Parkersburg, W. Va.
Description:
'Parkersburg Headquarters of Stiles Oil Company First Street.'