George Delano & Sons Oil Works, South & South Second Streets, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA – Historic Photo Reproduction
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of George Delano & Sons Oil Works, South & South Second Streets, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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George Delano & Sons Oil Works, South & South Second Streets, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
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The north and west elevations of the George Delano & Sons Oil Works, at South and South Second Streets in New Bedford, are the faces recorded in this view, number ten in a set of documentation photographs. New Bedford became one of the world's leading whaling ports in the nineteenth century, and refineries like Delano's processed whale oil and spermaceti into products for lighting, lubrication and candles. Documentation views like this one were made to record a building's form and construction, so the two exposed sides show how the works sat on its street and in the city's industrial district. Comparing the two facades helps a viewer understand how the plant was laid out and how it related to the streets around it.
| Subjects | 10. North and west elevations. |
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| Original scan | 4,668 × 3,743 px · prints to 16 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 2 |
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