State Street Bridge

State Street Bridge

…the city fire department on July 5, 1962. A new Justus Park and a Holiday Inn were built on the site. Elaborate lights were annually installed on the State Street…

Quirky Links to Oil City

Quirky Links to Oil City

…School. The site now is occupied by the Oil City Fire Department. An official Pennsylvania state marker honoring Dewey was installed in 1980 at his former high school, now the…

The Parsons Photo Album: 1910

The Parsons Photo Album: 1910

…with Silas R. Parsons. Workers are shown installing the poles to carry cable over the Allegheny River during construction of the Petroleum Street Bridge. This downtown street is labeled as…

Ducks and Roses

Ducks and Roses

…Webco. Towering boilers such as these were manufactured by the Oil City Boiler Works and a pair of them are still installed at Ellis Island. Ellis Island, New York City…

Storefronts

Storefronts

…handmade mantles. James W. Kerr and his son James S. Kerr owned the Granite and Marble Works at Main and Relief Street. Between 1875 and 1898 the company installed more…

Clark’s Summit

Clark’s Summit

…on the hillside. There was an upper landing and a lower landing, each manned by an operator. Stationary steam engines were installed at each landing. Heavy wire cables were attached…

Join the Club

Join the Club

…no scandal is ever talked at the meeting.” The mission was simply “to sew.” DID YOU KNOW? The first complete wireless outfit in Oil City was successfully installed by the…

The Boom

The Boom

…600-plus pipe Wurlitzer organ was in place and ten-foot-high gilded peacocks of cast plaster were installed in front of the second tier organ openings. Outside, hundreds of electric bulbs blared…