Shell Oil Company Souvenir Guide to Wood River Refinery

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“Shell Oil Company Souvenir Guide to Wood River Refinery,” Madison Historical, accessed November 21, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/1503.

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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.

Wood River Museum Standard Oil Collection

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

July 28, 1948

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

• Book or portion of book

• Book Viewer

• Wood River, Illinois
• 1940s

• WRM-D-0026