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Discarded Densmore oil tanks, circa 1875.
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Railroads, loading tank cars from pipe lines, Densmore tanks in the foreground, Bradford Oil Field, 1876-7, Frank Robbins, photographer

Credit: Courtesy of the Drake Well Museum, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Riveted cylindrical iron tank cars quickly replaced the Densmore brothers' wooden vat cars. Discarded Densmore tanks can be seen in the foreground.

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