West Oil Company Endless Wire Pumping Station, U.S. Route 50 (Volcano vicinity), Petroleum, Ritchie County, WV
Summary
Significance: A rare example of a technology which was once considered to be the best available means of long distance power transmission. The endless-wire cable method was introduced and advanced in the United States by John Roebling and his sons as a likely market for the products of their cable factory. Its use here was a result of the decline of flowing wells and the increased necessity of pumping the oil out of the ground. The technique was adapted to local conditions by William C. Stiles. This particular installation dates to about 1895 when Michael West first leased the oil rights to this land from the Volcanic Oil and Coal Company.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-14
Survey number: HAER WV-9
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Tags
pumping stations
machine shops
petroleum
oil
west oil company
wire
volcano
volcano vicinity
ritchie
ritchie county
west virginia
historic american engineering record
w c stiles
photo
west oil company endless wire
ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Stiles, W C
Location
Petroleum
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39.19091, -81.26845
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html