Search Results
- IDNO:
- 000668
- Title:
- Oil Tanks to E. E. Swiger Well No. 1 Phila Co. Shinnston, W. Va. No. 2
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- Two horse drawn carts. Oil tanks and derrick in the background.
- IDNO:
- 000676
- Title:
- Adamsville No. 2 Oil Well, Shinnston, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- IDNO:
- 000685
- Title:
- Teaming in Oil Field No. 27, Shinnston, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- Team of Six Horses Hauling an Oil Storage Tank to Oil Field No. 27
- IDNO:
- 000695
- Title:
- Horse Teams and Teamsters Transporting Engine Bed-Plate for Peora Gas Pumping Station. H. C. Co. Shinnston, W. Va. No. 2.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- IDNO:
- 000696
- Title:
- Teams of Horses Hauling Engine Bed-Plate
- Date:
- 1913
- IDNO:
- 000697
- Title:
- Breaking Swab - Two Crewmen at T. L. Swiger Well No. 6, Phila. Co. Shinnston, W.Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- Swabbing is the act of pulling fluid from the well bore through the use of wire rope and cup assembly. Swabbing equipment includes a swabbing assembly, lubricator with an oil saver, and shut-off valve on the well, also called a swabbing valve.
- 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:
- 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:
- 000718
- Title:
- Bushnell Kennedy Well No. 4, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- Oil rig and derrick.
- IDNO:
- 000723
- Title:
- Trucks Transporting Oil Pipes in Harrison County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1924
- Description:
- 'It took skill to drive trucks.'