Oil City, Pennsylvania
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Oil City, Pennsylvania Oil City PA..JPG Oil City, Pennsylvania is positioned in Pennsylvania Oil City, Pennsylvania - Oil City, Pennsylvania Oil City is a town/city in Venango County, Pennsylvania, that is known in the initial exploration and evolution of the oil industry.
After the first petroleum wells were drilled close-by in the 1850s, Oil City became central in the oil trade while hosting command posts for the Pennzoil, Quaker State, and Wolf's Head motor petroleum companies.
The populace was 10,557 at the 2010 census, and is the principal town/city of the Oil City, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Fleet of Oil Boats at Oil City, 1864.
Ice jam on Oil Creek near Oil City, amid mid/late 1970s.
A number of boomtowns came to life in the region, including Oil City, Titusville, Petroleum Center, Pithole, and Rynd Farm.
Barges were used to transport the petroleum down Oil Creek and into Oil City, where it was transported to steamboats or bulk barges to continue on to Pittsburgh and other locations.
Oil City was established in 1860, incorporated as a borough in 1868, and chartered as a town/city in 1874. The Borough of Oil City was incorporated as a town/city in 1871. The town/city was partially finished by flood in 1865 and by both flood and fire in 1866 and again in 1892; on this last occasion, a several petroleum tanks that were hit by lightning gave way, and Oil Creek carried a mass of burning petroleum into the city, where some 60 lives were lost and property valued at more than $1 million was destroyed.
Oil City interval into a grow community through the later half of the 19th century and into the 20th century.
Oil City's locale along the Allegheny River in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains provides excellent opportunities for seeking Northwestern Pennsylvania.
The Oil City Downtown Commercial Historic District, Oil City North Side Historic District, Oil City South Side Historic District, National Transit Building, and Oil City Armory are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Oil City, Pennsylvania is positioned at the confluence of the Allegheny River and Oil Creek at 41 25 42 N 79 42 26 W. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.7 square miles (12 km2), of which, 4.5 square miles (12 km2) is territory and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) (4.65%) is water.
Many layers of modern and sedimentary material including fossils can be seen on the bluffs in and around Oil City.
Oil City is framed by the encircling foothills with the Allegheny River winding through downtown.
In recent years, Oil City has undergone a renovation of the downtown area.
Main Street Program: The Main Street Program vitally contributes to the economic and beautiful evolution of downtown Oil City.
In 2014, as part of the Oil Region Alliance and Main Street's accomplishment, Oil City became a part of the Trail Town Program (www.trailtowns.org).
Arts and Culture The Oil City Arts and Culture Commission, is the chief entity that develops the small-town art and entertainment scene.
This commission was the first attempt that Oil City made to promote and foster the enhance interest and appreciation of all the arts.
Arts Oil City Under the City, there is a new and burgeoning accomplishment to make Oil City an artist relocation destination.
Artists from California, Chicago, New York as well as Pennsylvania have relocated, bought property and opened businesses and studios in Oil City.
The Oil City Oilers were a minor league baseball team positioned in Oil City, Pennsylvania between 1940 and 1951.
The team began in 1940 when the Pittsburgh Pirates relocated their affiliate, the Mc - Keesport Little Braves, to Oil City.
That year, the team's name was changed to the Oil City Refiners.
The team's name was changed one last time to the Oil City A's, when they consolidated with the Youngstown A's, in 1951.
The Oilers name originated from an earlier team that represented the town/city between 1895 and 1907, in the Iron And Oil League and the Interstate League.
Josephine Mc - Kim, swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, was born in Oil City Dave Smalley - bassist, guitarist, and vocalist of The Choir, Raspberries, and the Secret, was born in Oil City Jon Rhinehardt - Emmy winning Visual Effects Artist, was born in Oil City Jane Hajduk Wife of Tim Allen, was born in Oil City Shauna Howe National Murder case of the 1990s, occurred in Oil City "Pittsburgh District Oil City, PA Ice Control Structure".
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