"Legacy & Legends"
(on the bottom portion of the
print on the left and right sides
of the main title block)
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of the railway tank car in 1865 enabled the oil
industry to economically distribute crude oil from
wilderness fields to centers of refining and
commerce.
The first successful long distance pipeline
(about five miles) was the Van Syckel two-inch
line laid during 1865 in difficult terrain from the
Pithole field westward to a Railroad terminal at
Miller Farm on the west bank of Oil Creek,
Pennsylvania. Using three Reed and Cogswell
steam pumps this line began to pump oil on
October 10, 1865, at the rate of approximately
2000 barrels per day.
In 1865 the railroads saw the first tank car. It
consisted of two 40 barrel wooden tanks
mounted over the trucks on a flat bed. In 1865
the 42 gallon barrel became the unit of bulk
measurement instead of a wooden container.