First Oil Pipeline

First Oil Pipeline is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Venango County, dedicated 1954.

Rouseville Rd. (PA 227)

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Constructed in the fall of 1865. Following a straight course about 5 miles in length, it transported oil by pumps from Pithole to a railhead at Miller Farm, thus revolutionizing the transportation of petroleum. Dug up when Pithole wells were pumped dry. Trench is visible here and at points along the course of the old pipeline.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1859 · Colton's New York (1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · Map of the Oil Region of Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · County map of the State of Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Howe's Map Of The Oil District Of Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Warren, McKean, Potter, Forest, Elk, Cameron counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Howe's Map Of The Oil District Of Pennsylvania, 1866, covering the location of First Oil Pipeline, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Howe's Map Of The Oil District Of Pennsylvania, 1866, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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First Oil Pipeline

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