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Description
Photograph of a man looking at meters in the propane control room at the Triton Motor Oil refinery, 1934. The man is at center and is wearing light-colored clothes and a cap. He is looking at a rectangular meter at eye level. There are many circular meters on a metal wall at left. The metal rafters of the building can be seen overhead, as can the corrugated metal roof. A doorway is visible in the background at right. Photoprint reads: "Manufacturing Oleum Refin[ery] Triton Motor Oil Propane control room". Legible labels on the gauges read, from left to right: "Prop. Feed", "Feed Mix", "Prop. Pump", "Prop. Stg.", "Hot Mix Tk.", "Prop. Tk.", "Vac.", "Hold Line", "Lube Pump", "H.P. Coil", "Chill Suct.", "Lube Tk.", "Wax Tk.", "Prop. Stg. Level", "Wax Level", "Prop. Surge Level", "Pump", "H.P. Chill", and "Chiller".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm., 19 x 24 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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