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Tank Farm Pump House during the 1917-1918 Construction of the Wood River Refinery |
This photograph shows the construction of the pump house for the tank farm. Workers are pouring concrete. This photograph is from a series of photos taken during 1917-1918 construction of the Wood River Oil Refinery. |
1917-1918 |
August 15, 2018 |
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The back of the coal mine against the railroad tracks. Railroad carts filled with coal. |
The back of the coal mine against the railroad tracks. Railroad carts filled with coal. |
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December 8, 2016 |
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The caboose at Miner Park in Glen Carbon |
Caboose: In 1977 another unusual enterprise was undertaken by about 35 of our versatile citizenry. A railroad caboose had been donated by the community for display in Miner Park. The caboose was delivered to a siding near the old No. 2 Mine site. Getting the caboose to Miner Park would prove to be quite a project. First the site at the park had to be made ready. It had to be levelled, a rock bed prepared, ties laid, and rails anchored. It was amazing to see how steel workers, office workers, construction workers and retirees could manage this kind of work. |
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December 8, 2016 |
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The Cut |
Narrow gauge railway carried from Brick yard to the railroad |
1902 |
December 8, 2016 |
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The Laboratory during the 1917-1918 Construction of the Wood River Refinery |
This photograph shows the construction of the laboratory. The negative was damaged. This photograph is from a series of photos taken during 1917-1918 construction of the Wood River Oil Refinery. |
1917-1918 |
August 15, 2018 |
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The Laboratory during the 1917-1918 Construction of the Wood River Refinery |
This photograph shows the construction of the laboratory. This photograph is from a series of photos taken during 1917-1918 construction of the Wood River Oil Refinery. |
1917-1918 |
August 15, 2018 |
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The Shale Pit |
Edwardsville Intelligencer, January 11, 1894 “Chicago’s city council has given Glen Carbon brick an endorsement that will make the product from shale in this locality rank with the highest quality of brick manufactured. The Council Monday evening adopted what is known as the ‘brick ordinance.’ The ordinance provides that the quality of bricks used in the City of Chicago must be of equal quality as those being manufactured in Glen Carbon.” |
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December 8, 2016 |
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The St. Louis Brick Yard Workers |
The St. Louis Press Brick Company was once of the interests of the Niedringhaus Family of Granite City and St. Louis. The brick ward began operations about 1891 and was the largest brick manufacturing plant in the State of Illinois at the time. The company earned a reputation as manufacturing the finest bricks to be found and local lore insists that the company produced all of the bricks used in the construction of the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904. In addition to manufacturing paving and building bricks, the company produced beautiful decorative bricks. Hundreds of men from neighboring communities where employed by the brick company. Several boarding houses as well as rows of “company houses” were constructed for employees. The employees had their own ball team, an active union, and a park for social activities. |
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December 8, 2016 |
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Three Amoco Employees Working at Conference Table |
This is a black and white image of two women and a man working at a conference table over a word processor. The women in the photograph are wearing Amoco Jumpsuits. Standard Oil became known as Amoco or American Oil Company in the 1980s. On the back of the photograph the employees are labeled as, "Karen Wagener, Betsy Bild, Greg Rough Quality Control Discuss Certification Process p 13 Bits + Pieces." |
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October 25, 2018 |
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Three Far Wide Photos of the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. |
These three photographs show a far wide view of the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These photographs were taken around the 1910s or 1920s. |
circa 1910s-1920s |
March 21, 2019 |
