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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.

721. Shinnston Area Oil Field

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.
Teams of horses hauling pipe through the mud.

722. Teaming in Oil Field No. 2, 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.
Large amounts of oil shooting out of a derrick after being shot with nitroglycerin.

723. Result of Agnew's Shots, Sistersville, Tyler County, W. Va.

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.

724. Wooden Oil Derricks in a West Virginia Oil Field

IDNO:
000750
Title:
Wooden Oil Derricks in a West Virginia Oil Field
Date:
undated
Men inspect the ruins of the Bridgeport Station after a tornado.

725. Bridgeport Station after Tornado

IDNO:
000751
Title:
Bridgeport Station after Tornado
Date:
1944
Description:
Men inspect the ruins of the Bridgeport Station after a tornado.
Wooden Oil Derrick

726. Dry Hole

IDNO:
000752
Title:
Dry Hole
Date:
1860
Description:
Wooden Oil Derrick
A flowing oil well, showing the effect of an eighty-quart shot of nitro-glycerine. Harrison County.

727. Oil Well Gusher after Shot of Nitro-Glycerine

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.
James Thompson, the Veteran Shooter, placing a twenty-quart nitro-glycerine shell. Harrison County Oil Fields.

728. Placing a Twenty Quart Nitro-Glycerine Shell.

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.
Oil Derrick at Mt. Morris.

729. Mt. Morris Oil Well

IDNO:
000756
Title:
Mt. Morris Oil Well
Date:
undated
Description:
Oil Derrick at Mt. Morris.
Large group of people gathered by the Big Moses Gas Well.

730. Big Moses Gas Well, Tyler Co.

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.
Men standing on top of an oil tank

731. Oil Workers Examining an Old Wooden Oil Storage Tank

IDNO:
000758
Title:
Oil Workers Examining an Old Wooden Oil Storage Tank
Date:
undated
Description:
Men standing on top of an oil tank

732. J. E. Shreves No. 2 Changing Tower and Casing Crew, Shinnston, W.Va.

IDNO:
000759
Title:
J. E. Shreves No. 2 Changing Tower and Casing Crew, Shinnston, W.Va.
Date:
ca. 1910