South Penn Pump Station on Minor Farm, Blacksville, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
"South Penn (Oil) Pump Station on Minor (Jacob) Farm a mile west of Blacksville. Circa 1900. Bill Stephens son of Minor Stephens & Lillie (Minor) Stephens was the first pump man."
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.