The story of Pittsburgh: Petroleum and natural gas : in two parts, part two

Petroleum and natural gas : in two parts, part two (Vol. 1, nr. 11)

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623528

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-239829

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Title:: Petroleum and natural gas : in two parts, part two

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 11

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1924

Scope:: [ca. 38] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Barnsdall Corporation

Collection:: Economics Books

The Corporation handles a considerable portion of its business through Pittsburgh Banks, and maintains in Pitts- burgh an office of the Pittsburgh Oil & Gas Company, located in Farmers Bank Building. The General Offices of the Cor- poration are at 41 East 42d Street. New York City. THE FREEDOM OIL WORKS COMPANY The producing, refining, and distribution of motor and factory oils and gasoline for internal combustion engines and sther power producing machinery, is one of the nation’s most romantic industries. The spectacular increase in the num- sers of automobiles, trucks, and other such consuming ma- chines during the last few years has required serious thought on the part of the industry’s men. Their problem is to furnish the enormous amount of fuel and lubricant required—one of the largest parts of which problem is to find and to extract the crude product from the bowels of the earth in sufficient quantities to meet the ever increasing demand. This problem can be appreciated when it is remembered that a concern must “grope around” in the ground in an endeavor to locate the oil pockets where Mother Nature has stored her crude. In the main, there are two kinds of crude;—paraffin base crude and asphaltum base crude. The former, found in by ‘ar the smaller quantity, is the crude used in making oils and gasoline by The Freedom Oil Works Company, of Freedom, Pennsylvania. The wells from which this company draws its supply of crude, are located in Pennsylvania. The oil when it comes from the ground is pumped into large distributing pipes and carried directly to the company’s plant at Freedom, where the crude is refined by a process of distillation and altration. The distillation process is not unlike the boiling of water in a tea kettle. When water is boiled in this manner, steam rises and escapes out of the spout. If you would attach a hose to the spout and by means of it, lead the escaping steam under cold water, the steam would be chilled and return back into a liquid. This water is pure distilled water, such as you use in your battery or for absolutely pure drinking water. Sim- ilarly, the crude oil is placed in huge boilers, a fire placed

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