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IDNO:
000658
Title:
Pump Station, Eureka Pipe Line Company, Shinnston, W.Va.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000660
Title:
Oil Derrick and Work Shed
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000661
Title:
Early Photo of an Oil Pipe Line Under Construction (between Parkersburg and Shaffer, W. Va.?)
Date:
undated
Description:
Hillside with a town in the distance.
IDNO:
000662
Title:
Oil Pump Station
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000663
Title:
Sistersville, W. Va. During Oil Boom
Date:
undated
Description:
The town of Sistersville. Oil derricks off in the distance.
IDNO:
000664
Title:
Shinnston Oil Field on Mudlick Run
Date:
undated
Description:
Oil derricks on Mudlick Run in Shinnston, W.Va.
IDNO:
000665
Title:
Oil Company Building
Date:
undated
Description:
Large Building.
IDNO:
000666
Title:
Shinnston Oil Field on Mudlick Run
Date:
undated
Description:
Oil derricks on Mudlick Run in Shinnston, W. Va.
IDNO:
000672
Title:
Oil Pump Station
Date:
undated
Description:
Two Buildings and a tower enclosed in a fenced area.
IDNO:
000681
Title:
Team of Horses Hauling Oil Supplies
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000682
Title:
Team of Horses Hauling Oil Drilling Supplies
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000683
Title:
Oil Transport Barge
Date:
undated
Description:
Barge carrying oil storage tanks. Man standing in between the tanks.
IDNO:
000684
Title:
Oil Tanks to E.J. Witeman Well No. 2 S. P. Co.
Date:
undated
Description:
Men standing on top of a row of oil tanks in Shinnston, W.Va.
IDNO:
000700
Title:
Crew Building Rig at S. E. Janes Well No. 3, S.P. Company, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000701
Title:
Ezkiel Smith Well No. 1, H. G. Company. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Oil derrick, storage tank, and other equipment.
IDNO:
000702
Title:
William Janes Well No. 1, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000703
Title:
Oil Derrick and Adjoining Buildings
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000704
Title:
Oil Well Gushing Oil
Date:
undated
Description:
Group of people watching a gusher.
IDNO:
000705
Title:
Nannie Lowe Well No. 3, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000706
Title:
Hoist Mechanism for a Shaft Coal Mine
Date:
undated
Description:
A hoist mechanism for a shaft coal mine next to several buildings at a mine in an unknown location, likely in West Virginia.
IDNO:
000707
Title:
Scenic View of an Oil Derrick on a Hillside
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000708
Title:
Scenic View of an Oil Derrick on a Hillside.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000709
Title:
E.J. Whiteman Well No. 2 with Derrick, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Men stand atop oil tanks with derrick in the background.
IDNO:
000711
Title:
Dora Davis Well No. 1, S. P. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Oil derrick and adjoining oil company buildings.
IDNO:
000712
Title:
Oil Derricks
Date:
undated
Description:
Four derricks with their adjoining oil company buildings.
IDNO:
000715
Title:
Shooting Wells with Nitroglycerin
Date:
undated
Description:
Five derricks and rigs. Oil gushing from well in foreground.
IDNO:
000721
Title:
Steel Oil Derrick at Bluecreek, Kanawha County
Date:
undated
Description:
Derrick, rig, and storage tank beside a train track.
IDNO:
000722
Title:
Oil Workers Examining an Old Wooden Oil Storage Tank
Date:
undated
Description:
Men standing on top of an oil tank
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.
IDNO:
000727
Title:
Teaming in Oil Field No. 2, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Team of horses hauling pipes through the mud.
IDNO:
000730
Title:
Lowe Pump Station, Eureka Pipe Line Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Station and storage tanks.
IDNO:
000731
Title:
Oil Crewman at Work on Pump
Date:
undated
Description:
Man working with a piece of oil machinery.
IDNO:
000736
Title:
Oil Men at Work
Date:
undated
Description:
Drawing of three men working with oil equipment.
IDNO:
000737
Title:
Drillin' for Black Gold
Date:
undated
Description:
Sketch of two men holding a rope that is part of oil machinery.
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.
IDNO:
000745
Title:
Horizontal Engines at Jones Station
Date:
undated
Description:
Row of horizontal engines at Jones Station.
IDNO:
000746
Title:
Work Crew Laying Oil Pipeline Across a River
Date:
undated
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.
IDNO:
000750
Title:
Wooden Oil Derricks in a West Virginia Oil Field
Date:
undated
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.
IDNO:
000755
Title:
Making Fire Bends
Date:
undated
Description:
Men working on oil pipe.
IDNO:
000756
Title:
Mt. Morris Oil Well
Date:
undated
Description:
Oil Derrick at Mt. Morris.
IDNO:
000758
Title:
Oil Workers Examining an Old Wooden Oil Storage Tank
Date:
undated
Description:
Men standing on top of an oil tank
IDNO:
000761
Title:
E.J. Whiteman (Witeman) Well No. 2, S.P. Co. Lowering Tools, Oil Flowing, Shinnston, W.Va.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000762
Title:
Oil Men Posing by Storage Tanks
Date:
undated
Description:
Two Men Standing in between three oil storage containers.
IDNO:
000766
Title:
Carpenters in Oilfield, Shinnston, W.Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Men pose in front of oil tanks.
IDNO:
000767
Title:
J. E. Shreves No. 1 S.P. Co. Crew Puting on Bradenhead, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Crew of ten men and one small boy.
IDNO:
000772
Title:
Doak's Dining Table Tent, Mudlick Oilfield, Shinnston, W.Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
People sitting down at two tables eating a meal.
IDNO:
000774
Title:
Nitro-Glycerine Wagon Loaded for Business in Harrison County Oil Fields
Date:
undated
Description:
Men standing in front of a Virginia Torpedo Co. wagon carrying nitro-glycerin. From Grant's Photo. Record of West Virginia.
IDNO:
000776
Title:
Oil Workers at George Rineheart No. 2 Well, Shinnston Petroleum Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000777
Title:
Lambert Bros. Store & Restaurant, Adamsville, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Group posed in front of building.
IDNO:
000778
Title:
Shinnston Petroluem Pipe Line Employees by S.L. Vincent Rig No. 6, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Group portrait of oil workers standing behind pipe line.
IDNO:
000781
Title:
Excavating Reservoir to E.E. Swiger Well No. 1, Phila. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Group photo of oil workers.
IDNO:
000782
Title:
E.J. Whiteman Well No. 2, S.P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Two men standing beside an oil well.
IDNO:
000783
Title:
Oil Worker and His Team of Horses
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000785
Title:
Oil Men and Pose with Visitors in a Horse Drawn Wagon
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000786
Title:
Title Page of The Oil Well Driller, by Charles Whiteshot, 1905
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000788
Title:
Oil Pump Station
Date:
undated
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.
IDNO:
000795
Title:
Rebuilt Bridgeport Station, Hope Natural Gas Co.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000796
Title:
Gas Compressor Station
Date:
undated
Description:
Compressor Station Facilities-Symbolic of the Oil and Gas Industry in West Virginia.
IDNO:
033184
Title:
Pumping an Oil Well, Wetzel County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
'Wetzel County is situated in the extreme northwestern corner of West Virginia, in the Pittsburgh region, and so is in the very midst of a region which is very rich both in petroleum and natural gas. In a single year the wells of West Virginia produce more than 14,000,000 barrels of petroleum, and natural gas worth more than $4,000,000. In order to reach the oil it is necessary to drill through the solid rock, and sometimes to the depth of thousands of feed. Now and then the oil will rise to the surface, but for the most part it must be pumped up by machinery. The methods of drilling and pumping are everywhere just about the same. First comes the derrick, a frame-work about 20 feet square at the bottom, tapering almost to a point at the top, and rising to a height of from 40 to 60 feet. In the view parts of two derricks are seen. A stem engine is also necessary to work the pump, through a single engine is often sufficient to supply power for several wells. The large horizontal beam, seen above the horseman's head, rests upon a pivot in the center and the ends play up and down. One end is over the well and works the pump. When brought to the surface the oil is stored in huge iron tanks, or else is carried in pipe lines under ground and over mountains eastward to the great cities to be refined and shipped to markets all the world over.'
IDNO:
052392
Title:
Preparing Cans of Elk Motor Oil for Shipment
Date:
undated
Description:
Three men work prepare cans of Elk Motor Oil. The man on the left puts cans onto a conveyor belt, while the man in the middle holds a can under a machines, perhaps to be sealed, and the man on the right begins to package the cans in a box.
IDNO:
053880
Title:
Mcdugal Well No. 3, Mckelvy Oil Company
Date:
undated