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September 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. |
September 2017 |
November 14, 2017 |
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Shaft Bottom in Coal Mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois |
Lights illuminating the shaft bottom in coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois |
Unknown |
December 8, 2016 |
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Shell Oil Company Souvenir Guide to Wood River Refinery |
This souvenir guide was produced by the Shell Oil Company to visitors of the Wood River refinery. The guide explains the history of the refinery, the refining process, and the research involved in refining. There are also several maps and figures as well as many images of the Wood River refinery included in the souvenir guide. |
July 28, 1948 |
November 15, 2018 |
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Sheltered area at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. |
This photograph shows a sheltered area containing materials at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. This photograph was taken around the 1910s to the 1920s and printed by F.D Hampson COM'L Photo Co. |
circa 1910s-1920s |
March 21, 2019 |
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Shift workers riding on rail carts in the mines |
Shift workers riding on rail carts in the mines |
Unknown |
December 8, 2016 |
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Side View of Anna and Emil Brockmeir with Herb Maack on tractor. |
Side View of Anna and Emil Brockmeir on their farm with Herb Maack on tractor in the 1920s. |
1920s |
December 8, 2016 |
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Slack Pile |
Slack Pile |
October 22, 1926 |
December 8, 2016 |
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Southbound Illinois Central Railroad Train |
Southbound Illinois Central Railroad Train picking up train orders at Glen Carbon tower in 1957/58. It will cross over the Nickel Plate here and run from Glen Carbon to Madison over the Litchfield and Madison. |
1957 - 1958 |
December 8, 2016 |
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St. Louis Press Brick Chimney |
St. Louis Press Brick Chimney |
Unknown |
December 8, 2016 |
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St. Louis Press Brick Company boarding house |
St. Louis Press Brick Company boarding house. It was built in 1898, and experienced a fire in 1989. |
Unknown |
December 8, 2016 |