Great River Road, 2016

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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
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
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
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
Shift workers riding on rail carts in the mines Shift workers riding on rail carts in the mines Unknown December 8, 2016
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
Slack Pile Slack Pile October 22, 1926 December 8, 2016
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
St. Louis Press Brick Chimney St. Louis Press Brick Chimney Unknown December 8, 2016
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