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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMST7_oil-well-supply-company_Oil-City-PA.html
Founded nearby in 1878, it was a leading manufacturer of oil well machinery and supplies, serving the oil industry across the globe. By the early 1900s, employment peaked at 2,000. In 1930 it became a subsidiary of United States Steel.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMST3_joseph-reid-gas-engine-company_Oil-City-PA.html
Founded in Oil City, 1894, it produced engines for pumping oil wells. Its popular single piston engine was used worldwide by the oil industry. The company closed in 1939.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMST2_john-dewey_Oil-City-PA.html
After graduation from the University of Vermont in 1879, the noted philosopher, liberal, and advocate of progressive education (1859-1952) taught for the first two years of his distinguished career at Oil City's first high school, located on this …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMST0_jacob-j-vandergrift_Oil-City-PA.html
A leader in transforming the shipment of oil - by river, by rail, and ultimately by pipeline. Vandergrift arrived in Oil City, 1861, as a river captain. Beginning in 1868, Vandergrift, Forman and Company, laid miles of pipe to move oil from wells …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSSY_charles-lockhart_Oil-City-PA.html
The largest crude oil refiner in Pittsburgh in the 1860s. Lockhart, Frew and Company merged its seven refineries with Standard Oil in 1874. Lockhart served on the board, managing 80% of United States oil refining, transport, and marketing. One of …
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