Great River Road, 2016

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Nearly Complete CWT No. 1 during the 1917-1918 Construction of the Wood River Refinery This photograph shows CWT No. 1 nearly completely constructed. This photograph is from a series of photos taken during 1917-1918 construction of the Wood River Oil Refinery. 1917-1918 August 15, 2018
Newspaper Clipping of a timeline for Owens-Illinois Glass A clipping from an unknown newspaper includes a timeline for Owens-Illinois Glass.

Dates included:
June 25, 1929
September 28, 1929
October 10, 1929
December 5, 1929
December 31, 1929
January 15, 1930
May 3, 1930
November 4, 1930
July 3, 1931
October 15, 1931
October 15, 1931
March 21, 1932
June 8, 1932
May 15, 1933
June 14, 1933
March 7, 1933
July 22, 1933
February 19, 1934
February 21, 1934
May 25, 1934
October 9, 1934
January 23, 1935
February 21, 1935
July 22, 1935
August 22, 1935
August 23, 1935
January 15, 1936
January 21, 1936
December 15, 1937
June 25, 1929 to February 15, 1937 November 15, 2016
Newspaper Clippings from the Altonian Newspaper about Owens-Illinois Glass Newspaper Clippings from the Altonian Newspaper about Owens-Illinois Glass February 6, 1976 November 15, 2016
Nickel Plate Station Railroad employee stands outside with two women and a baby outside of the Nickel Plate Station in Glen Carbon Unknown December 8, 2016
Nickel Plate Warehouse and Section Foreman’s house Nickel Plate Warehouse and Section Foreman’s house taken in 1909 at Peter Station. The road in the foreground that ran between warehouse and station. This road became Route 157 in the 1930’s. 1909 December 8, 2016
October 2017 Issue of "100 Years at the Wood River Refinery" This newsletter, originally distributed by email, is part of a series of newsletters released by the Wood River Refinery History Museum on the refinery's centennial. October 2017 November 14, 2017
Office Employees of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company Office employees of Owens-Illinois Glass, with 9 men and 6 women. First from the left in the first row is company co-founder Edward Levis, and third from the left is Geo. McClellon Levis. Unknown November 15, 2016
Oil Tank at the Standard Oil Refinery in Wood River This circa 1970s color photograph shows a Standard Oil Tank from street view with a car and white fence in foreground. The Standard Oil logo is displayed in full color on the side of the tank, with the text "Standard Oil Division of American Oil Company Wood River Refinery." The company was later simply known as Amoco, for American Oil Company. Circa 1970s October 15, 2018
Old North Loading Terminal Photograph This is a black and white photograph of the "Old North Loading Terminal" according to a handwritten label on the back of the image. Unknown October 25, 2018
Old tower building Old tower building Unknown December 8, 2016