PetroleumHistory.com - Photo Album



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Photo Album of historical oil pictures

If you would like to submit your's, please email them to petroleum@little-mountain.com along with a description, location and contributor's information. Try to keep files under 200K, but scan your pictures 8 to 10 inches across so they can be easily seen.

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Louisianna

These pictures taken by James Hefner at a park next to Interstate 10 in Jennings, Louisiana. The park is named something like "Oil Well Park" or "Petroleum Park".

New York

Fire at Vacuum Oil Refinery at Olean

Ohio

Shooting Oil Well near Lima

National Oil Refinery in Findlay

Oil Fields in New Straightsville

Pennsylvania

Though the pictures on this site were not obtained from the Drake Well Museum, the Drake Well Museum in Titusville has over 6,000 glass plate negatives that document the early oil industry. Their dark room is also set up to print sepia toned prints for those that like the "old" look. For your copy of one of their images, please contact the museum at: drakewell@usachoice.net. Mention you were refered by "PetroleumHistory.com"

Allegheny Valley R. R. roundhouse

Atlantic Refining in Franklin

Benninghoff Run field along Oil Creek in early 1860s

Burning oil tank in Bradford

Derricks in a meadow

Early view of Drake's well

Colonel Edwin L. Drake

Early oil wagons

Early oil tank wagon

Hauling oil barrels

Eclipse Refinery fire 1911 between Franklin and Oil City

Two views of Funkville along Oil Creek in early 1860s

"Coal Oil Johnny" Steele's farm along Oil Creek in early 1860s

Blood Farm along Oil Creek in 1867

Lower Pioneer Run wells along Oil Creek in early 1860s

Miller Station

Early oil excitement near Titusville in 1860s

Oil Centennial postcard and stamps - 1959

View of Oil City

Well being shot with nitroglycerin

Pennsylvania oil scene in 1860s

Pennzoil refinery in Rouseville

Petroleum Bridge in Oil City

Bridge at Petroleum Centre over Oil Creek

Depot at Petroleum Centre

Pioneer along Oil Creek in 1865

Preparing a well to shoot with nitro

Refinery at Reno

Standard Rig at Youngsville

Refinery at Tidioute

West Virginia

Early view of Parkersburg, an oil town at the junction of the Ohio and Little Kanawa Rivers

Mudlick oil field near Shinnston

Shooting a well with nitroglycerin

Shooting a well in Sistersville

For a complete site dedicated to the history of oil in West Virginia and Ohio, including dozens of pictures, go to the Oil & Gas Museum site.

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Revised Friday, December 21, 2012