Search Results
IDNO:
000755
Title:
Making Fire Bends
Date:
undated
Description:
Men working on oil pipe.
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:
000672
Title:
Oil Pump Station
Date:
undated
Description:
Two Buildings and a tower enclosed in a fenced area.
IDNO:
000758
Title:
Oil Workers Examining an Old Wooden Oil Storage Tank
Date:
undated
Description:
Men standing on top of an oil tank
IDNO:
000704
Title:
Oil Well Gushing Oil
Date:
undated
Description:
Group of people watching a gusher.
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:
000786
Title:
Title Page of The Oil Well Driller, by Charles Whiteshot, 1905
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000662
Title:
Oil Pump Station
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000703
Title:
Oil Derrick and Adjoining Buildings
Date:
undated
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:
000736
Title:
Oil Men at Work
Date:
undated
Description:
Drawing of three men working with oil equipment.
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:
000721
Title:
Steel Oil Derrick at Bluecreek, Kanawha County
Date:
undated
Description:
Derrick, rig, and storage tank beside a train track.
IDNO:
000658
Title:
Pump Station, Eureka Pipe Line Company, Shinnston, W.Va.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000761
Title:
E.J. Whiteman (Witeman) Well No. 2, S.P. Co. Lowering Tools, Oil Flowing, Shinnston, W.Va.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000708
Title:
Scenic View of an Oil Derrick on a Hillside.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000664
Title:
Shinnston Oil Field on Mudlick Run
Date:
undated
Description:
Oil derricks on Mudlick Run in Shinnston, W.Va.
IDNO:
000737
Title:
Drillin' for Black Gold
Date:
undated
Description:
Sketch of two men holding a rope that is part of oil machinery.
IDNO:
000777
Title:
Lambert Bros. Store & Restaurant, Adamsville, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Group posed in front of building.
IDNO:
000683
Title:
Oil Transport Barge
Date:
undated
Description:
Barge carrying oil storage tanks. Man standing in between the tanks.
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:
000681
Title:
Team of Horses Hauling Oil Supplies
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000702
Title:
William Janes Well No. 1, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000750
Title:
Wooden Oil Derricks in a West Virginia Oil Field
Date:
undated
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:
000776
Title:
Oil Workers at George Rineheart No. 2 Well, Shinnston Petroleum Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
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:
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:
000745
Title:
Horizontal Engines at Jones Station
Date:
undated
Description:
Row of horizontal engines at Jones Station.
IDNO:
000665
Title:
Oil Company Building
Date:
undated
Description:
Large Building.
IDNO:
000715
Title:
Shooting Wells with Nitroglycerin
Date:
undated
Description:
Five derricks and rigs. Oil gushing from well in foreground.
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:
000682
Title:
Team of Horses Hauling Oil Drilling Supplies
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:
000727
Title:
Teaming in Oil Field No. 2, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Team of horses hauling pipes through the mud.
IDNO:
000663
Title:
Sistersville, W. Va. During Oil Boom
Date:
undated
Description:
The town of Sistersville. Oil derricks off in the distance.
IDNO:
000788
Title:
Oil Pump Station
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000756
Title:
Mt. Morris Oil Well
Date:
undated
Description:
Oil Derrick at Mt. Morris.
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:
000766
Title:
Carpenters in Oilfield, Shinnston, W.Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Men pose in front of oil tanks.
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:
000785
Title:
Oil Men and Pose with Visitors in a Horse Drawn Wagon
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000707
Title:
Scenic View of an Oil Derrick on a Hillside
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000700
Title:
Crew Building Rig at S. E. Janes Well No. 3, S.P. Company, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000722
Title:
Oil Workers Examining an Old Wooden Oil Storage Tank
Date:
undated
Description:
Men standing on top of an oil tank
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:
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:
000705
Title:
Nannie Lowe Well No. 3, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000746
Title:
Work Crew Laying Oil Pipeline Across a River
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000660
Title:
Oil Derrick and Work Shed
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:
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:
000762
Title:
Oil Men Posing by Storage Tanks
Date:
undated
Description:
Two Men Standing in between three oil storage containers.
IDNO:
000666
Title:
Shinnston Oil Field on Mudlick Run
Date:
undated
Description:
Oil derricks on Mudlick Run in Shinnston, W. Va.
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:
000712
Title:
Oil Derricks
Date:
undated
Description:
Four derricks with their adjoining oil company buildings.
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:
000783
Title:
Oil Worker and His Team of Horses
Date:
undated
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:
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
IDNO:
000732
Title:
Teaming in Oil Field No. 4, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1910
Description:
Teams of horses hauling supplies by a derrick.
IDNO:
000734
Title:
Horizontal Engines with Big Fly Wheels
Date:
ca. 1948
Description:
Row of oil engines.
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.
IDNO:
000724
Title:
Trucks Transporting Oil Pipes in Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1924
IDNO:
000692
Title:
Trucks Transporting Oil Pipes in Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1924
IDNO:
000723
Title:
Trucks Transporting Oil Pipes in Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1924
Description:
'It took skill to drive trucks.'
IDNO:
040524
Title:
Oil Well on W.T.W. Dye Farm, Calhoun Co., W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1919-1917
Description:
Oil rig on farm.
IDNO:
040525
Title:
Fred S. Hathaway On W.T.W. Dye Farm, Calhoun, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1916-1917
Description:
Fred S. Hathaway and unknown person walking oil pipeline.
IDNO:
040526
Title:
Oil Well on W.T.W. Dye Farm, Calhoun Co., W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1916-1917
Description:
Unknown person kneeling on top of an oil well.
IDNO:
040527
Title:
Fred S. Hathaway On Waitman T. Willey Dye Farm, Calhoun, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1916-1917
Description:
Fred S. Hathaway on top of an oil tank loacted on Dr. W. T. W. Dye's farm.
IDNO:
040528
Title:
Oil Well On W.T.W. Dye Farm, Grantsville, Calhoun Co., W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1916-1917
Description:
Unknown person walking the pipeline.
IDNO:
040529
Title:
Fred S. Hathaway and Virginia Hathaway on W.T.W. Dye Farm, Grantsville, Calhoun County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1916-1917
IDNO:
000710
Title:
Oil Derrick at Webster Springs, W.Va.
Date:
ca. 1916
Description:
"This is the first well drilled at Webster Springs several years ago. in drilling they found all the oil sands regular and of good thickness. And the well showed some oil. it was drilled by a local company which lost its nerve in making further tests." Published by Del Gillespie, Webster Springs, W.Va. (postcard collection legacy system--subjects.)
IDNO:
044656
Title:
Largest Oil Well in Field, Mannington, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1912
Description:
Published by Mrs. S. Anderson. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
IDNO:
050225
Title:
Stewartstown Oil Tank, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910/01/12
Description:
Men stand on top of an oil tank in Morgantown, W. Va.
IDNO:
044657
Title:
F. W. Thompson, Well No. 1, B. F. Thompson Company, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910-1911
Description:
(From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
IDNO:
044658
Title:
Merietta Torpedo Company, Glycerine Wagon, in Shinnston, W. Va. Oilfield
Date:
ca. 1910-1911
Description:
(From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
IDNO:
000714
Title:
Hugh Jarvis Well No. 1, Trees Benedum Co. Shinnston, W.Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
IDNO:
000773
Title:
E.J. Whiteman Well No. 2, S. P. Co. , Changing Tools, Oil Flowing, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Oil flows into the air between two oil workers.
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:
000771
Title:
Leslie Vincent's Teams, Adamsville, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Two men standing with four horses. Oil well in background.
IDNO:
000673
Title:
Petton Pump Station, Eureka Pipeline Company, Shinnston, W. Va., No. 1
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Buildings and oil storage tanks.
IDNO:
000764
Title:
Shinnston Petroleum Co. Casing Crew on Wrecked Rig of H.E. Siger, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Seven men on the wrecked oil rig of H.E. Siger.
IDNO:
000733
Title:
Teaming in Oil Field No. 3, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Team of horses pulling a large piece of equipment.
IDNO:
000725
Title:
Second Shooting at H. H. Swiger Well No. 1, B. A. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Oil gushes from well at Shinnston.
IDNO:
000689
Title:
Changing Bits at L. .A. Martin Well No. 1, H. C. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Three men changing bits on an oil well drilling rig.
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:
000748
Title:
Teaming in Oil Field No. 2, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Teams of horses hauling pipe through the mud.
IDNO:
000718
Title:
Bushnell Kennedy Well No. 4, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Oil rig and derrick.
IDNO:
000729
Title:
Teaming in Oil Field No. 26, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Team of six horses pulling pipes up a hill.
IDNO:
000763
Title:
E.E. Swiger Well No. 2, Phila. Co. Oil flowing in tank 12,000 Bbls per day. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Six men standing on top of an oil tank.
IDNO:
000770
Title:
Visitor in the Oil Field, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Man on a horse with two men standing beside the horse.
