Wood River Refinery, Illinois, 1908 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Wood River Refinery, Illinois, 1908 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Wood River Refinery
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Wood River Refinery, Illinois, 1908
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In 1908, the Wood River Refinery stood on the Mississippi bottomland in Madison County, Illinois, near East St. Louis, where Standard Oil Company (Indiana) had built one of its newer plants. Demand for kerosene, gasoline, and lubricants was rising as automobiles and motor-driven machinery spread across the Midwest. The county was already a busy rail and river center, and East St. Louis was known for its stockyards, meatpacking, smelting, and freight traffic. Workers at the refinery and in the nearby villages of Wood River and Roxana relied on its wages, and the flat riverside site made it practical to receive crude oil and ship finished products. The panorama shows an industrial landscape taking shape as the region became part of American petroleum refining.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | standard oil company (indiana) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 921 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Wood River Refinery |
| Reference | IL Wood River Refinery 1908 |
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