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1. Oil Workers Examining an Old Wooden Oil Storage Tank

IDNO:
000722
Title:
Oil Workers Examining an Old Wooden Oil Storage Tank
Date:
undated
Description:
Men standing on top of an oil tank
Men standing on top of an oil tank

2. 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
Headquarters of Stiles Oil Company on First Street in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

3. Headquarters of Stiles Oil Company, Parkersburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
007674
Title:
Headquarters of Stiles Oil Company, Parkersburg, W. Va.
Description:
Headquarters of Stiles Oil Company on First Street in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
'Parkersburg Headquarters of Stiles Oil Company First Street.'

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

IDNO:
007675
Title:
Zero Oil Company, Parkersburg, W. Va.
Description:
'Parkersburg Headquarters of Stiles Oil Company First Street.'
'Parkersburg Headquarters of Stiles Oil Company First Street.'

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

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

6. Headquarters of Stiles Oil Company, Parkersburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
007677
Title:
Headquarters of Stiles Oil Company, Parkersburg, W. Va.
Description:
Headquarters of Stiles Oil Company on First Street in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
'Early tools used in the Volcano fields. Originals in Marietta, Ohio museum.'

7. 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.'
'The Volcano, Wood County oil fields, once the scene of fabulous supplies of oil, has become one of the ghosts areas of the county. The photo shows current operations at an old center, wherein an endless cable rolls over the wheels, driving the pumping mechanism for 25 wells in a large area.'

8. Oil Pumping Mechanism, Volcano, W. Va.

IDNO:
009670
Title:
Oil Pumping Mechanism, Volcano, W. Va.
Description:
'The Volcano, Wood County oil fields, once the scene of fabulous supplies of oil, has become one of the ghosts areas of the county. The photo shows current operations at an old center, wherein an endless cable rolls over the wheels, driving the pumping mechanism for 25 wells in a large area.'

9. Oil Well, Volcano, W. Va.

IDNO:
009671
Title:
Oil Well, Volcano, W. Va.
'The Volcano oil field was in Ritchie and Wood Counties; however the town of Volcano was in Wood County.'--Mike Naylor, 03/2006

10. Oil Well in Volcano, W. Va.

IDNO:
009672
Title:
Oil Well in Volcano, W. Va.
Description:
'The Volcano oil field was in Ritchie and Wood Counties; however the town of Volcano was in Wood County.'--Mike Naylor, 03/2006
'United States Engineer Office. Corps of Engineers United States Army. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Morgantown Ordnance Works-Morgantown, West Virginia: Light Oil Plant-Looking Northeast. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company-Contract W Ord -490- Contract Date 11-28-40. Military Funds. December 02, 1942. No. 20336.'

11. Light Oil Plant, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
009673
Title:
Light Oil Plant, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1942/12/02
Description:
'United States Engineer Office. Corps of Engineers United States Army. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Morgantown Ordnance Works-Morgantown, West Virginia: Light Oil Plant-Looking Northeast. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company-Contract W Ord -490- Contract Date 11-28-40. Military Funds. December 02, 1942. No. 20336.'
'Protestant Episcopal Church, Volcano, later moved to Kenova. There is quite a story behind this church. Mrs. William C. Stiles, Jr. missed her church in Philadelphia. The community of Volcano built an Episcopal Church for $3000. Mrs. Stiles was very well liked. Red Neck Nellie owned a bordello in Volcano aptly named the Golden Horn, Nellie, especially when drunk, liked to preach and Nellie wanted to contribute to the new church. Mrs. Stiles refused Nellie's money. Nellie, being an enterprising business lady, went to Parkersburg and enlised a minister to make her donation. Nellie and Mrs. Stiles were both happy.'--Mike Naylor, 03/2006.

12. Protestant Episcopal Church, Volcano, W. Va.

IDNO:
009684
Title:
Protestant Episcopal Church, Volcano, W. Va.
Description:
'Protestant Episcopal Church, Volcano, later moved to Kenova. There is quite a story behind this church. Mrs. William C. Stiles, Jr. missed her church in Philadelphia. The community of Volcano built an Episcopal Church for $3000. Mrs. Stiles was very well liked. Red Neck Nellie owned a bordello in Volcano aptly named the Golden Horn, Nellie, especially when drunk, liked to preach and Nellie wanted to contribute to the new church. Mrs. Stiles refused Nellie's money. Nellie, being an enterprising business lady, went to Parkersburg and enlised a minister to make her donation. Nellie and Mrs. Stiles were both happy.'--Mike Naylor, 03/2006.