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Sketch of two men holding a rope that is part of oil machinery.

733. 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.

734. Teamsters Hauling Oil Equipment Down a Muddy Road

IDNO:
000738
Title:
Teamsters Hauling Oil Equipment Down a Muddy Road
Date:
1911
Top photograph, men making bend in pipeline. Bottom photograph, 'The Hope Navy' transporting oil tanks.

735. 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.
Line of horizontal engines.

736. Horizontal Engines with Big Fly Wheels

IDNO:
000740
Title:
Horizontal Engines with Big Fly Wheels
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Line of horizontal engines.
Line of horizontal engines with big fly wheels.

737. Horizontal Engines with Big Fly Wheels

IDNO:
000741
Title:
Horizontal Engines with Big Fly Wheels
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Line of horizontal engines with big fly wheels.
Team of eight horses pulling a cart with oil equipment and crew.

738. Teaming in Oil Field No. 38, Shinnston, W. Va.

IDNO:
000742
Title:
Teaming in Oil Field No. 38, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Team of eight horses pulling a cart with oil equipment and crew.
Men inspect the ruins of the Bridgeport Station after a tornado.

739. Bridgeport Station after Tornado

IDNO:
000743
Title:
Bridgeport Station after Tornado
Date:
1944
Description:
Men inspect the ruins of the Bridgeport Station after a tornado.
Men standing at the bottom of a wooden derrick. Keen Wolf. Bull Bayou.

740. Setting Up Drill No. 137

IDNO:
000744
Title:
Setting Up Drill No. 137
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Men standing at the bottom of a wooden derrick. Keen Wolf. Bull Bayou.
Row of horizontal engines at Jones Station.

741. Horizontal Engines at Jones Station

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

742. Work Crew Laying Oil Pipeline Across a River

IDNO:
000746
Title:
Work Crew Laying Oil Pipeline Across a River
Date:
undated
Activities in the oil field near Shinnston, Adamsville area. Horses, wagons, and man-power moved all the equipment to the drilling site. Sistersville and Shinnston came into the oil boom about the same time. E.K. Towles of Shinnston, W. Va.

743. Shinnston Area Oil Field

IDNO:
000747
Title:
Shinnston Area Oil Field
Date:
1900
Description:
Activities in the oil field near Shinnston, Adamsville area. Horses, wagons, and man-power moved all the equipment to the drilling site. Sistersville and Shinnston came into the oil boom about the same time. E.K. Towles of Shinnston, W. Va.
Teams of horses hauling pipe through the mud.

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

IDNO:
000748
Title:
Teaming in Oil Field No. 2, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Teams of horses hauling pipe through the mud.