Standard Oil built a 1906 pipeline along the Sante Fe tracks between oil fields in Kansas and its Whiting Refinery (32 photos). But this pumping station was for another pipeline. See John's comments.
John Carson posted four photos with the comment:
PUMPING OIL AT ORMONDE IL!. Along the old AT&SF Right-Of-Way in Warren County Il. This survivor is now used by FS as a warehouse. I have driven by this site dozens of times but never put it together until I was tipped off by a Facebook comment by Mr. Shawn Volpe. It is interesting because this is only 5 miles from the Pumping Station at Ponemah. The reason is two different pipelines built at different times!Dennis DeBruler Do you know if these pumps were also steam driven? Electricity progressed quickly at the beginning of the 20th Century.
Mr. Mark Parrish of the West Central FS Ormonde Plant graciously shared with me a Schematic Blueprint of this pumping station facility from 1943. The Title in the legend box stated: Stanolind Pipe Line Company, Tulsa. Ormonde Station. This plant was built in 1918. It matches stations in Marceline Mo., LaRose Il., and Ransom Il. So I did a little research.... Here is a little history :
This pipe line is different from the one at Ponemah, Dahinda, Wilburn, and Kernan IL. That pipeline was was built in 1906 by Standard Oil Co. to feed the Whiting In. Oil Refinery.
These pumping stations were built by the Sinclair Oil Company in 1918 to also go to the Chicago area. "A half interest in the Sinclair Pipe Company was purchased in 1921, ( By Standard Oil Ind.) for $16.4 million in cash, improving transportation capacity. Sinclair's 2,900 miles of pipeline ran from north Texas to Chicago, encompassed almost 6,000 wells, and ran through oil-rich Wyoming."
Standard Oil Ind. needed more capacity so ".... in 1930, Standard acquired both the remaining 50 percent interest in the Sinclair Pipe Line Company and the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Company for $72.5 million, giving it control over one of the country's largest pipeline systems and crude oil buying agencies. These subsidiaries now became the Stanolind Pipe Line Company and the Stanolind Crude Oil Purchasing Company..... "
So both of the Pipe Lines ended up owned Standard Oil of Indiana (Standard).
More History than you ever needed! Enjoy!
John Carson Dennis DeBruler: The pumping stations on the Sinclair Pipeline (Later the Stanolind Oil Pipeline Co,) Were driven by either gasoline or distillate engines. The schematic for the plants show storage tanks for the crude oil, storage tanks for the fuel to drive the engines, and water reservoirs tanks for water to cool the engines. I have some inquiries out looking for some pictures of the insides of these plants. The Standard Oil Pipeline built in 1906 did use steam driven pumps.
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