Friday, January 23, 2026

Franklin, PA: Eclipse Oil Refinery, "largest in the world"

(Satellite, between the hill and the river. My guess based on the postcard and topo maps below.)

This looks like it was back 19th Century. I noticed that Oil City was just a few miles up the Allegheny river. And then further up Oil Creek was the Drake Well, which was the world's first commercially successful oil well on Aug 27, 1859.
𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻: 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 and Ohio posted
Postcard image of the Eclipse Oil Refinery • Largest in the World! 
Franklin, PA

1909/1956 Franklin Quad @ 62,500

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