Atlantic Petroleum Works, London, Ontario
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A glossy black and white print of the yard at the Atlantic Petroleum Works. There are several workers in the yard and barrels piled up on the ground. Some of the workers are pushing barrels on a ramp extending across the site and loading them into boxcars. The buildings of the Petroleum Works are in the background.
- Notes
- The inscription at the bottom of the photograph was added in 1939. PG L11
- Inscriptions
- The Atlantic Petroleum Works, Hamilton Road, about 1875. This refinery was established in 1866 by Herman and Isaac Waterman, when the oil business was at its height in London. The works covered four acres of ground.
- Date of Original
- ca. 1875
- Dimensions
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Width: 25.3 cm
Height: 20.1 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 22.9cm
Image Height: 15cm
- Local identifier
- 32104033409949
- Collection
- James Egan Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 42.9808535090645 Longitude: -81.2262153625488
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- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Ivey Family London Room, London Public Library, London, Ontario, Canada
- Reproduction Notes
- London Room Photograph Archives - PG L11
- Contact
- London Public LibraryEmail:research.request@lpl.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:251 Dundas Street
London, ON N6A 6H9
