The Petroleum Works at Franklin, Pensylvania

The Petroleum Works at Franklin, Pensylvania, 23rd July, 1864 – date on print – in The Illustrated London News. Two engraved views, each 18x25cm, showing (a) closely and irregularly spaced timber oil derricks and (b) the railway 'station' with stacks of barrels, pond of oil, and a wood burning locomotive in the foreground. In very good condition.