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Title Belmont Petroleum Refinery. Refiners of and dealers in illuminating and lubricating oil. Benzine & parafine. For exportation and home consumption. Office No. 333 Market St. Refinery at Belmont. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1865
Date [ca. 1865]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 11 x 23 cm. (4.25 x 9 in.)
Description Billhead for the refinery established between River Road, Peters Lane, and the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad in 1865 by Newhouse, Nusbaum & Co. in West Farimount Park. Contains central vignette view showing the refinery complex, including a Treating House, Engine House, Receiving House, offices, and dwelling houses for operatives. A horse-drawn wagon leaves the complex while a horse-drawn carriage traverses the road in front of it. On the riverbank, a man drives a team of mules near a promenading couple and a boat on the Schuylkill. In the background, a train travels and dwellings are visible on a hillside. The refinery operated until 1870 when the lot was purchased by the city for inclusion into Fairmount Park.
Notes Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities.
Printed above title: Our Responsibility ceases when Oils leave Bonded Ware House.
Trimmed.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
See also specimen of depicted vignette [P.9349.151o].
Subject Newhouse, Nusbaum & Co.
Belmont Petroleum Refinery.
Refineries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horse-drawn vehicles. -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Genre Lithographs -- 1860-1870.
Billheads -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.136a]
Accession number P.9349.136a