All posts tagged "petroleum"
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9.4K2Business and LaborSaving the Historic Gas Station
Once New Englanders decided to save the historic Old South Meeting House in 1876, they began to preserve other kinds of historic...
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16.2K4Business and LaborHow the History of the Petroleum Industry Began in New England
The history of the petroleum industry started with a chance meeting at Dartmouth College. It set into motion a chain of events...
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17.2K22Business and LaborThe 1871 Whaling Disaster: 33 Ships Crushed by Arctic Ice
In 1871, a whaling disaster in the Arctic hastened the end of the U.S. whaling industry as ice shipwrecked 33 whale ships....
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