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- Oil Tank Wagon for Standard Oil Company, circa 1892 - By the time Standard Oil ordered this wagon in 1892, petroleum products were common in the rural and urban United States. The wagon has three separate compartments -- for kerosene, for lubricating oil, and for gasoline. As late as the 1920s, horse-drawn wagons were still the primary means for moving these products from the railroad depot to the customer.
- circa 1892
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Oil Tank Wagon for Standard Oil Company, circa 1892
By the time Standard Oil ordered this wagon in 1892, petroleum products were common in the rural and urban United States. The wagon has three separate compartments -- for kerosene, for lubricating oil, and for gasoline. As late as the 1920s, horse-drawn wagons were still the primary means for moving these products from the railroad depot to the customer.