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- Title
Abundance, Dependence, and Trauma at Philadelphia's Point Breeze Petroleum Refinery: A Mirror on the History of Pennsylvania's Oil Industry.
- Authors
QUIVIK, FREDRIC L.
- Abstract
An essay is presented on the history of oil company Atlantic Refining Co.'s Point Breeze petroleum refinery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the late 19th to 20th centuries. It discusses various technological and business developments in the context of a nascent industry, the struggle for engineering efficiency in a self-regulation regime, and managerial and ownership developments. It also looks at the costs of such dependence for the safety of residents, workers and the city environment.
- Subjects
PETROLEUM refineries; HISTORY of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; ATLANTIC Refining Co.; HISTORY of the petroleum industry; PETROLEUM refineries &; the environment; PETROLEUM refining &; the environment; PETROLEUM production; NINETEENTH century; SAFETY
- Publication
Pennsylvania Magazine of History & Biography, 2015, Vol 139, Issue 3, p265
- ISSN
0031-4587
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.5215/pennmaghistbio.139.3.0265