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Oil Creek (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry petroleum
New Haven (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry petroleum
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry petroleum
Petroleum.
The early settlers around the headwaters of the Alleghany River, in Pennsylvania and New York, were acquainted with the existence of petroleum there, where it oozed out of the banks of streams.
Springs of petroleum were struck in Ohio, in 1820, where it so much interfered with soft-water wells that it was considered a nuisance.
Its real value was suspected by S. P. Hildreth, who wrote, in 1826: It affords a clear, brisk light when burned in this way [in lamps in workshops], an ar boring for petroleum was begun.
From 1861 until 1876 the average daily product of all the wells was about 11,000 barrels. The total yield within that period was about 2,250,000,000 gallons of crude oil. The first export of petroleum was in 1861, of 27,000 barrels, valued at $1,000,000. The total production in 1899 was 57,070,850 barrels, valued at $64,603,904. The largest producing States were Ohio, 21,141,108 barrels; West Virginia, 13,910,630 barrels; and Pennsylvania, 13,053,603 barrels.
Titusville (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry petroleum
West Virginia (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry petroleum
Ohio (Ohio, United States) (search for this): entry petroleum
Alleghany River (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry petroleum
Petroleum.
The early settlers around the headwaters of the Alleghany River, in Pennsylvania and New York, were acquainted with the existence of petroleum there, where it oozed out of the banks of streams.
Springs of petroleum were struck in Ohio, in 1820, where it so much interfered with soft-water wells that it was considered a nuisance.
Its real value was suspected by S. P. Hildreth, who wrote, in 1826: It affords a clear, brisk light when burned in this way [in lamps in workshops], and it will be a valuable article for lighting the street-lamps in the future cities of Ohio.
It remained unappreciated until 1859, when Messrs. Bowditch & Drake, of New Haven, Conn., bored through the rock at Titusville, on Oil Creek, Pa., and struck oil at the depth of 70 feet. They pumped 1,000 gallons a day, and so the regular boring for petroleum was begun.
From 1861 until 1876 the average daily product of all the wells was about 11,000 barrels. The total yield within that period was about
Nathaniel Bowditch (search for this): entry petroleum
Samuel Prescott Hildreth (search for this): entry petroleum
Petroleum.
The early settlers around the headwaters of the Alleghany River, in Pennsylvania and New York, were acquainted with the existence of petroleum there, where it oozed out of the banks of streams.
Springs of petroleum were struck in Ohio, in 1820, where it so much interfered with soft-water wells that it was considered a nuisance.
Its real value was suspected by S. P. Hildreth, who wrote, in 1826: It affords a clear, brisk light when burned in this way [in lamps in workshops], and it will be a valuable article for lighting the street-lamps in the future cities of Ohio.
It remained unappreciated until 1859, when Messrs. Bowditch & Drake, of New Haven, Conn., bored through the rock at Titusville, on Oil Creek, Pa., and struck oil at the depth of 70 feet. They pumped 1,000 gallons a day, and so the regular boring for petroleum was begun.
From 1861 until 1876 the average daily product of all the wells was about 11,000 barrels. The total yield within that period was about
Francis Drake (search for this): entry petroleum