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Compressor Station Facilities-Symbolic of the Oil and Gas Industry in West Virginia.

1. Gas Compressor Station

IDNO:: 000796
Title:: Gas Compressor Station
Date:: undated
Description:: Compressor Station Facilities-Symbolic of the Oil and Gas Industry in West Virginia.

2. Riddle's Full Service Esso Station

IDNO:: 047699
Title:: Riddle's Full Service Esso Station
Date:: Undated

3. Esso Standard Oil Company Workers Checking Out Store Supplies on Shelf

IDNO:: 047703
Title:: Esso Standard Oil Company Workers Checking Out Store Supplies on Shelf
Date:: 1945/11/03

View of the wreckage at the natural gas station. The explosion occurred on Thanksgiving Day that year. The station, originally proposed to be named "Boston-on-Kanawha," was, at the time, supposedly the world's largest carbon black factories.

4. Aftermath of Cabot Station Explosion and Fire, Grantsville, W. Va.

IDNO:: 052455
Title:: Aftermath of Cabot Station Explosion and Fire, Grantsville, W. Va.
Date:: 1945/11/22
Description:: View of the wreckage at the natural gas station. The explosion occurred on Thanksgiving Day that year. The station, originally proposed to be named "Boston-on-Kanawha," was, at the time, supposedly the world's largest carbon black factories.