It didn't take long after the nation's first oil well was drilled in 1859 in Western Pennsylvania before petroleum became the economic lifeblood of the country. This book explores how a small, family owned barge and transport company ended up supplying petroleum-derived energy to at least 25 percent of the American population. Interstate Oil Transport's phenomenal growth was based on the confluence of five factors: the people who organized and worked for Interstate; Interstate's ability to adapt rapidly to changes in the ...
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It didn't take long after the nation's first oil well was drilled in 1859 in Western Pennsylvania before petroleum became the economic lifeblood of the country. This book explores how a small, family owned barge and transport company ended up supplying petroleum-derived energy to at least 25 percent of the American population. Interstate Oil Transport's phenomenal growth was based on the confluence of five factors: the people who organized and worked for Interstate; Interstate's ability to adapt rapidly to changes in the market for oil; a new fleet of vessels that included a special and powerful oceangoing class of tugs and large oil-carrying barges; expert handling of petroleum and petroleum products; and a regulatory environment that placed few restrictions on the tug and barge business, coupled with monetary policies that provided incentives for growth and investment. Here is the story of the link between the giant oil companies and the ultimate consumers. It reveals how Interstate's owners, management, and workers made Interstate at its heyday the largest waterborne petroleum transportation company in the United States.
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Add this copy of Oil & Water, the Story of Interstate Oil Transport to cart. $18.49, very good condition, Sold by Firefly Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Kutztown, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Indepencence Seaport Museum.
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Used Very Good in Very Good jacket. Dust jacket is covered in removable, clear, mylar Brodart cover. Pages clean, binding intact, cover has light wear. Spine is undamaged, no creasing or warping. Firefly Bookstore sells items online and in our store front. We try to add images and descriptions when we can, but if you need additional information or photos of the books we list, please contact us.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0913346209. Oblong hardcover with dustjacket, book has some mild scuffing to the cloth cover but is in excellent condition otherwise, the binding is clean and tight and the contents are fine, the jacket has rubbing to the glossy surface and no other flaws, 234 pages, illustrated throughout, including many photos.
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Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0913346209. Clean and tight, with no signs of use. One of the authors has inscribed this copy, making it unsuitable for a gift, but perfect for your own library. The excellent jacket is protected by a mylar Brodart cover. Fast shipping, with tracking number provided.; 10.20 X 8.10 X 0.70 inches; 234 pages.
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Fine in fine jacket. First printing stated. Fine in fine dust jacket. Oblong hardcover. xvi+ 234 pp. with index. Iluustrated with photos. The history of the Interstate Oil Transport, a company that started out as a small family buisness that owned tugs and barges that moved oil from refineries to distribution points along the Delaware River. IOT, under the leadership of Thornton Hooper, scion of a seafaring family who by age nineteen became master of a 3-masted schooner, expanded to other parts of the Eastern and Gulf Coasts and wound up supplying pertroleum-derived enegy to at least 25 percent of the American population.
