Wicket Dam Maintenance

50th Anniversary, American Oil Company, dam, industry, refineries, river, Standard Oil Refinery, tug boats, Wood River

“Wicket Dam Maintenance,” Madison Historical, accessed December 25, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/1498.

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This is a black and white photograph of maintenance on the Wicket Damn. The image shows the Hurter Box in place below Wickets. A steel Hurter Box sits on a concrete sill to de-water a small section around the hurters for maintenance.

Wood River Museum Standard Oil Collection

• industry
• culture
• Wood River
• refineries
• Standard Oil Refinery

• Standard Oil Involvement in the Wood River Community
• Standard Oil’s Company Housing in Wood River, Illinois
• Wood River

• Photograph

• Black and white photographic print
• jpg

• Wood River, Illinois

• WRM-P-0137