Miscellaneous 028 - Oil Town in Ohio - 1890s
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Title:Oil town photograph
Subject:Oil fields--Ohio
Oil industry
Petroleum industry
Ohio Economy--Science and Technology
Time Period:1890s
Place:Cygnet (Ohio)
Wood County (Ohio)
Description:This photograph shows the town and oil fields of Cygnet, Ohio, in 1890. Cygnet experienced a population boom in the 1880s as the oil industry developed in Northwest Ohio, and the town grew from a few dozen people to over 3,000. During the late nineteenth century, Ohio became one of the top oil producing states in the country and was the leading oil producer from 1895 to 1903. This oil boom brought a significant amount of growth and affluence to Wood County. By the 1910s, Ohio's oil boom declined and Ohio dropped out of the top four oil producing states in 1917.
Date of Original:1890
Collection:Oil Wells Collection
Submitting Institution:Ohio History Connection
IIIF Manifest:
Miscellaneous 028 - Oil Town in Ohio - 1890s
ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p267401coll32/id/15706/...
Title:Oil town photograph
Subject:Oil fields--Ohio
Oil industry
Petroleum industry
Ohio Economy--Science and Technology
Time Period:1890s
Place:Cygnet (Ohio)
Wood County (Ohio)
Description:This photograph shows the town and oil fields of Cygnet, Ohio, in 1890. Cygnet experienced a population boom in the 1880s as the oil industry developed in Northwest Ohio, and the town grew from a few dozen people to over 3,000. During the late nineteenth century, Ohio became one of the top oil producing states in the country and was the leading oil producer from 1895 to 1903. This oil boom brought a significant amount of growth and affluence to Wood County. By the 1910s, Ohio's oil boom declined and Ohio dropped out of the top four oil producing states in 1917.
Date of Original:1890
Collection:Oil Wells Collection
Submitting Institution:Ohio History Connection
IIIF Manifest: