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Sinclair-Wellsville

Sinclair-Wellsville

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c.1883 Allegany Oil Field c.1883 Oil Section Map Contributed by Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad Historical Society from their Archives.
c.1883 Allegany Oil Field
c.1883 Oil Section Map Contributed by Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad Historical Society from their Archives.
1883OilMap02 Upper Left Corner Section of c.1883 Map
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Upper Left Corner Section of c.1883 Map
1883OilMap03 Lower Left Corner Section of c. 1883 Map
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Lower Left Corner Section of c. 1883 Map
1883OilMap04 Upper Right Corner Section of c. 1883 Map
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Upper Right Corner Section of c. 1883 Map
1883OilMap05 Lower Right Corner Section of c. 1883 Map
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Lower Right Corner Section of c. 1883 Map
Airhead Jack "Admittedly, since I receive a lot of photos and most are sent digitally to me, I lose the identification of many.....Sorry, that is what happens when you get...
Airhead Jack
"Admittedly, since I receive a lot of photos and most are sent digitally to me, I lose the identification of many.....Sorry, that is what happens when you get…
Oil01 Above photo labeled "Triangle #1; Drilled by O. P. Taylor; Photo from Jennie Taylor Riggs; June 12, 1879." (Grand-daughter of O. P. Taylor). Photo is property...
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Above photo labeled "Triangle #1; Drilled by O. P. Taylor; Photo from Jennie Taylor Riggs; June 12, 1879." (Grand-daughter of O. P. Taylor). Photo is property…
Oil02 "Seated: Jim Gardner (my dad), Jim Sexton (?), & either Bennie Wilcox or Bob Price; Back row: Bill Gardner (my uncle), (either) Bennie Wilcox or Bob Price,...
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"Seated: Jim Gardner (my dad), Jim Sexton (?), & either Bennie Wilcox or Bob Price; Back row: Bill Gardner (my uncle), (either) Bennie Wilcox or Bob Price,…
Oil03 May, 1951 Photo Employees of Empire Gas & Fuel and Bradley Producing Corp. (From Wellsville Daily Reporter, "Yesteryears".) Kneeling, L-R: M. Phillipson, Murray...
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May, 1951 Photo Employees of Empire Gas & Fuel and Bradley Producing Corp. (From Wellsville Daily Reporter, "Yesteryears".) Kneeling, L-R: M. Phillipson, Murray…
Oil04 The gear drive used to pull the rodlines from power house to oilwell. From Dick Fitch Collection
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The gear drive used to pull the rodlines from power house to oilwell.

From Dick Fitch Collection

Oil05 Half breed engine in an oil field power house. From Dick Fitch Collection
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Half breed engine in an oil field power house.

From Dick Fitch Collection

Oil06 The "hook & eye" system used to hook and unhook rod lines from the power house. From Dick Fitch Collection
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The "hook & eye" system used to hook and unhook rod lines from the power house.

From Dick Fitch Collection

Oil07 Power house along Yeager Hill Road, Town of Scio. From Dick Fitch Collection
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Power house along Yeager Hill Road, Town of Scio.

From Dick Fitch Collection

Oil08 The Eccentrics used to pull rod lines from well. From Dick Fitch Collection
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The Eccentrics used to pull rod lines from well.

From Dick Fitch Collection

Oil09 Power house along route 417 East of Allentown and across from the end of Drum Road. From Dick Fitch Collection
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Power house along route 417 East of Allentown and across from the end of Drum Road.

From Dick Fitch Collection

Oil10 Artesian well beside route 417 east of Kossuth. From Dick Fitch Collection
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Artesian well beside route 417 east of Kossuth.

From Dick Fitch Collection

Oil11 A jumping jack oil well jack used for pumping oil from ground. From Dick Fitch Collection
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A jumping jack oil well jack used for pumping oil from ground.

From Dick Fitch Collection

Oil12 An Oklahoma jack used to pump oil from ground...one of most popular style jacks in the Allegany region. From Dick Fitch Collection
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An Oklahoma jack used to pump oil from ground...one of most popular style jacks in the Allegany region.

From Dick Fitch Collection

Oil13 One method used to support rod lines. From Dick Fitch Collection
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One method used to support rod lines.

From Dick Fitch Collection

Oil14 A well along Route 417 near Vosburg and sawmill. This well was left standing "high and dry" when the roadway was built sometime in late 1940s/early 1950s. It...
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A well along Route 417 near Vosburg and sawmill. This well was left standing "high and dry" when the roadway was built sometime in late 1940s/early 1950s. It…
Oil15 Stuffing box and piping at oil well head. From Dick Fitch Collection
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Stuffing box and piping at oil well head.

From Dick Fitch Collection

Oil16 Next 11 pictures are of Terry Collins lease in Allentown. This lease has been pumped for many years. I remember jumping over the rod lines when traveling from...
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Next 11 pictures are of Terry Collins lease in Allentown. This lease has been pumped for many years. I remember jumping over the rod lines when traveling from…
Oil17 Terry shown hooking on or off a rod line. This simple chore was one of the many dangerous tasks on an oil lease...many fingers lost. From Dick Fitch Collection
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Terry shown hooking on or off a rod line. This simple chore was one of the many dangerous tasks on an oil lease...many fingers lost. From Dick Fitch Collection
Oil18 A circle eye allowing either direction change of rod line or two wells to be pumped from one hook. I can't see what Terry uses for an engine, but, the flywheel...
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A circle eye allowing either direction change of rod line or two wells to be pumped from one hook. I can't see what Terry uses for an engine, but, the flywheel…
Oil19 Simply the power house. From Dick Fitch Collection
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Simply the power house.

From Dick Fitch Collection

Oil20 The gear inside and a separator outside. From Dick Fitch Collection
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The gear inside and a separator outside.

From Dick Fitch Collection

Oil21 Every oil storage tank is given a number by the refinery....#3237 Terry hopes will be filled very quick! From Dick Fitch Collection
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Every oil storage tank is given a number by the refinery....#3237 Terry hopes will be filled very quick!
From Dick Fitch Collection
Oil22 "Lower power house on the McDermott/Taylor lease at east edge of Bolivar Village. My Dad sat many hours in one of those chairs waiting for wells to 'pump off'."...
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"Lower power house on the McDermott/Taylor lease at east edge of Bolivar Village. My Dad sat many hours in one of those chairs waiting for wells to 'pump off'."…
Oil23 "Tripods set up to support rod lines. My Dad built these during the 1970s and 1980s."-- Ron Taylor. Photo from Dick Fitch
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"Tripods set up to support rod lines. My Dad built these during the 1970s and 1980s."-- Ron Taylor.

Photo from Dick Fitch

Oil24 "Another view of lower power house. The power was an early (1800s) McEwen Bros. Engine built in Wellsville. Dad converted it to electric by pulling one flywheel...
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"Another view of lower power house. The power was an early (1800s) McEwen Bros. Engine built in Wellsville. Dad converted it to electric by pulling one flywheel…
Oil25 Some of the many hooks and eyes from lower power. Dick Fitch photo.
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Some of the many hooks and eyes from lower power.

Dick Fitch photo.

Oil26 A "post tree" lever used to pump multiple wells from one rod line off the power. You could hook wells on and off from this easier than from the power direct....
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A "post tree" lever used to pump multiple wells from one rod line off the power. You could hook wells on and off from this easier than from the power direct.…
Oil27 Photo shared by Mickey Baker. Drilling was done by Harder & Mitchell Company. Drillers were Pendleton Brothers, Sandy & Lloyd. Top Right is Joe O'Donnell & Leo...
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Photo shared by Mickey Baker. Drilling was done by Harder & Mitchell Company. Drillers were Pendleton Brothers, Sandy & Lloyd. Top Right is Joe O'Donnell & Leo…