Main Wash House during the 1917-1918 Construction of the Wood River Refinery

industry, oil, refining, Roxana, Wood River, Wood River Refinery

“Main Wash House during the 1917-1918 Construction of the Wood River Refinery,” Madison Historical, accessed December 26, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/1012.

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This photograph shows the construction of the main wash house. This photograph is from a series of photos taken during 1917-1918 construction of the Wood River Oil Refinery.

• Wood River Refinery History Museum

1917 - 1918 Construction of the Wood River Refinery

• industry
• Wood River Refinery

• Davidson, Cliff

1917-1918

• Roxana
• Wood River

• Photograph

• Black and white photographic print
• jpg

Glass plate negative

• Wood River, Illinois
• 1910s

• WRRHM-P-0084
• Original archive:2017_9_1_101