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1. Pump Station, Eureka Pipe Line Company, Shinnston, W.Va.

IDNO:
000658
Title:
Pump Station, Eureka Pipe Line Company, Shinnston, W.Va.
Date:
undated

2. Oil Derrick and Work Shed

IDNO:
000660
Title:
Oil Derrick and Work Shed
Date:
undated
Hillside with a town in the distance.

3. Early Photo of an Oil Pipe Line Under Construction (between Parkersburg and Shaffer, W. Va.?)

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.

4. Oil Pump Station

IDNO:
000662
Title:
Oil Pump Station
Date:
undated
The town of Sistersville. Oil derricks off in the distance.

5. Sistersville, W. Va. During Oil Boom

IDNO:
000663
Title:
Sistersville, W. Va. During Oil Boom
Date:
undated
Description:
The town of Sistersville. Oil derricks off in the distance.
Oil derricks on Mudlick Run in Shinnston, W.Va.

6. Shinnston Oil Field on Mudlick Run

IDNO:
000664
Title:
Shinnston Oil Field on Mudlick Run
Date:
undated
Description:
Oil derricks on Mudlick Run in Shinnston, W.Va.
Large Building.

7. Oil Company Building

IDNO:
000665
Title:
Oil Company Building
Date:
undated
Description:
Large Building.
Oil derricks on Mudlick Run in Shinnston, W. Va.

8. Shinnston Oil Field on Mudlick Run

IDNO:
000666
Title:
Shinnston Oil Field on Mudlick Run
Date:
undated
Description:
Oil derricks on Mudlick Run in Shinnston, W. Va.
Two Buildings and a tower enclosed in a fenced area.

9. Oil Pump Station

IDNO:
000672
Title:
Oil Pump Station
Date:
undated
Description:
Two Buildings and a tower enclosed in a fenced area.

10. Team of Horses Hauling Oil Supplies

IDNO:
000681
Title:
Team of Horses Hauling Oil Supplies
Date:
undated

11. Team of Horses Hauling Oil Drilling Supplies

IDNO:
000682
Title:
Team of Horses Hauling Oil Drilling Supplies
Date:
undated
Barge carrying oil storage tanks. Man standing in between the tanks.

12. Oil Transport Barge

IDNO:
000683
Title:
Oil Transport Barge
Date:
undated
Description:
Barge carrying oil storage tanks. Man standing in between the tanks.
Men standing on top of a row of oil tanks in Shinnston, W.Va.

13. Oil Tanks to E.J. Witeman Well No. 2 S. P. Co.

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.

14. Crew Building Rig at S. E. Janes Well No. 3, S.P. Company, Shinnston, W. Va.

IDNO:
000700
Title:
Crew Building Rig at S. E. Janes Well No. 3, S.P. Company, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Oil derrick, storage tank, and other equipment.

15. Ezkiel Smith Well No. 1, H. G. Company. Shinnston, W. Va.

IDNO:
000701
Title:
Ezkiel Smith Well No. 1, H. G. Company. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Oil derrick, storage tank, and other equipment.

16. William Janes Well No. 1, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.

IDNO:
000702
Title:
William Janes Well No. 1, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated

17. Oil Derrick and Adjoining Buildings

IDNO:
000703
Title:
Oil Derrick and Adjoining Buildings
Date:
undated
Group of people watching a gusher.

18. Oil Well Gushing Oil

IDNO:
000704
Title:
Oil Well Gushing Oil
Date:
undated
Description:
Group of people watching a gusher.

19. Nannie Lowe Well No. 3, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.

IDNO:
000705
Title:
Nannie Lowe Well No. 3, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
A hoist mechanism for a shaft coal mine next to several buildings at a mine in an unknown location, likely in West Virginia.

20. Hoist Mechanism for a Shaft Coal Mine

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.

21. Scenic View of an Oil Derrick on a Hillside

IDNO:
000707
Title:
Scenic View of an Oil Derrick on a Hillside
Date:
undated

22. Scenic View of an Oil Derrick on a Hillside.

IDNO:
000708
Title:
Scenic View of an Oil Derrick on a Hillside.
Date:
undated
Men stand atop oil tanks with derrick in the background.

23. E.J. Whiteman Well No. 2 with Derrick, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.

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.
Oil derrick and adjoining oil company buildings.

24. Dora Davis Well No. 1, S. P. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.

IDNO:
000711
Title:
Dora Davis Well No. 1, S. P. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Oil derrick and adjoining oil company buildings.
Four derricks with their adjoining oil company buildings.

25. Oil Derricks

IDNO:
000712
Title:
Oil Derricks
Date:
undated
Description:
Four derricks with their adjoining oil company buildings.
Five derricks and rigs. Oil gushing from well in foreground.

26. Shooting Wells with Nitroglycerin

IDNO:
000715
Title:
Shooting Wells with Nitroglycerin
Date:
undated
Description:
Five derricks and rigs. Oil gushing from well in foreground.
Derrick, rig, and storage tank beside a train track.

27. Steel Oil Derrick at Bluecreek, Kanawha County

IDNO:
000721
Title:
Steel Oil Derrick at Bluecreek, Kanawha County
Date:
undated
Description:
Derrick, rig, and storage tank beside a train track.
Men standing on top of an oil tank

28. 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
Two men forging a drill bit, one holding chain, one raising hammer.

29. Dressing Bits J.F. Sturm S. P. Co. No. 1, Shinnston, W. Va.

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.
Team of horses hauling pipes through the mud.

30. Teaming in Oil Field No. 2, Shinnston, W. Va.

IDNO:
000727
Title:
Teaming in Oil Field No. 2, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Team of horses hauling pipes through the mud.
Station and storage tanks.

31. Lowe Pump Station, Eureka Pipe Line Co., Shinnston, W. Va.

IDNO:
000730
Title:
Lowe Pump Station, Eureka Pipe Line Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Station and storage tanks.
Man working with a piece of oil machinery.

32. Oil Crewman at Work on Pump

IDNO:
000731
Title:
Oil Crewman at Work on Pump
Date:
undated
Description:
Man working with a piece of oil machinery.
Drawing of three men working with oil equipment.

33. Oil Men at Work

IDNO:
000736
Title:
Oil Men at Work
Date:
undated
Description:
Drawing of three men working with oil equipment.
Sketch of two men holding a rope that is part of oil machinery.

34. Drillin' for Black Gold

IDNO:
000737
Title:
Drillin' for Black Gold
Date:
undated
Description:
Sketch of two men holding a rope that is part of oil machinery.
Top photograph, men making bend in pipeline. Bottom photograph, 'The Hope Navy' transporting oil tanks.

35. Making Fire Bends and 'The Hope Navy'

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.
Row of horizontal engines at Jones Station.

36. Horizontal Engines at Jones Station

IDNO:
000745
Title:
Horizontal Engines at Jones Station
Date:
undated
Description:
Row of horizontal engines at Jones Station.

37. Work Crew Laying Oil Pipeline Across a River

IDNO:
000746
Title:
Work Crew Laying Oil Pipeline Across a River
Date:
undated
Large amounts of oil shooting out of a derrick after being shot with nitroglycerin.

38. Result of Agnew's Shots, Sistersville, Tyler County, W. Va.

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.

39. Wooden Oil Derricks in a West Virginia Oil Field

IDNO:
000750
Title:
Wooden Oil Derricks in a West Virginia Oil Field
Date:
undated
A flowing oil well, showing the effect of an eighty-quart shot of nitro-glycerine. Harrison County.

40. Oil Well Gusher after Shot of Nitro-Glycerine

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.
Men working on oil pipe.

41. Making Fire Bends

IDNO:
000755
Title:
Making Fire Bends
Date:
undated
Description:
Men working on oil pipe.
Oil Derrick at Mt. Morris.

42. Mt. Morris Oil Well

IDNO:
000756
Title:
Mt. Morris Oil Well
Date:
undated
Description:
Oil Derrick at Mt. Morris.
Men standing on top of an oil tank

43. 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

44. E.J. Whiteman (Witeman) Well No. 2, S.P. Co. Lowering Tools, Oil Flowing, Shinnston, W.Va.

IDNO:
000761
Title:
E.J. Whiteman (Witeman) Well No. 2, S.P. Co. Lowering Tools, Oil Flowing, Shinnston, W.Va.
Date:
undated
Two Men Standing in between three oil storage containers.

45. Oil Men Posing by Storage Tanks

IDNO:
000762
Title:
Oil Men Posing by Storage Tanks
Date:
undated
Description:
Two Men Standing in between three oil storage containers.
Men pose in front of oil tanks.

46. Carpenters in Oilfield, Shinnston, W.Va.

IDNO:
000766
Title:
Carpenters in Oilfield, Shinnston, W.Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Men pose in front of oil tanks.
Crew of ten men and one small boy.

47. J. E. Shreves No. 1 S.P. Co. Crew Puting on Bradenhead, Shinnston, W. Va.

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.
People sitting down at two tables eating a meal.

48. Doak's Dining Table Tent, Mudlick Oilfield, Shinnston, W.Va.

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.