HOME MOVIES: 1930s OIL REFINERY WYOMING

Genre: home movie

Year Published: 1930s

Format: 16mm

Description: This silent home movie dates to the 1930s and shows a fairly large oil refinery located in Casper, Wyoming. In the 1890s, significant oil strikes were made in northern Natrona County. Investors, comfortable with dependable nearby supplies of crude oil, underwrote construction of Wyoming’s first refinery in 1895. Pennsylvania investors headed by Philip Shannon formed the firm at Casper and named it the Pennsylvania Refinery. They also struck oil at what became known as the Shannon Field north of Casper. The film provides a fascinating (if amateur shot) look at the refinery and its machinery. Too bad we don't have a narration track for this film, but home movies shot in this period were always silent. You can read more about the early era of Wyoming oil exploration at: http://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedi...

Complete Record: This silent home movie dates to the 1930s and shows a fairly large oil refinery located in Casper, Wyoming. In the 1890s, significant oil strikes were made in northern Natrona County. Investors, comfortable with dependable nearby supplies of crude oil, underwrote construction of Wyoming’s first refinery in 1895. Pennsylvania investors headed by Philip Shannon formed the firm at Casper and named it the Pennsylvania Refinery. They also struck oil at what became known as the Shannon Field north of Casper. The film provides a fascinating (if amateur shot) look at the refinery and its machinery. Too bad we don't have a narration track for this film, but home movies shot in this period were always silent. You can read more about the early era of Wyoming oil exploration at: http://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedi...