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June 20, 1897
Wheeling Sunday Register
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
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Description of Pintsch gas production from petroleum in a Pittsburgh plant for Baltimore & Ohio railroad cars, highlighting the process of retort heating, purification, and compression for efficient storage and use.
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HOW PINTSCH GAS IS MADE.
The material used for the manufacture of Pintsch gas is crude or refined petroleum. In the plant conducted for the supply of Baltimore & Ohio cars in Pittsburg (which is a model plant), the furnace room contains four furnaces. each having an upper and a lower retort. into which the oil is admitted, producing a rich. permanent gas of the highest illuminating power known in the art. From the retorts the gas passes through ingeniously arranged apparatus in the purifying room. where it is thoroughly freed from all impurities: but for the purpose of car illumination it must be compressed in order to carry a sufficient supply in the small space available on passenger cars. The gas is then conducted from the purifying to the compressing room. in which are located two powerful compressors of special design, which compress the gas into storage cylinders used for this purpose. From these holders the gas is piped to the Baltimore & Ohio depot, where it is supplied to the cars as required.
The material used for the manufacture of Pintsch gas is crude or refined petroleum. In the plant conducted for the supply of Baltimore & Ohio cars in Pittsburg (which is a model plant), the furnace room contains four furnaces. each having an upper and a lower retort. into which the oil is admitted, producing a rich. permanent gas of the highest illuminating power known in the art. From the retorts the gas passes through ingeniously arranged apparatus in the purifying room. where it is thoroughly freed from all impurities: but for the purpose of car illumination it must be compressed in order to carry a sufficient supply in the small space available on passenger cars. The gas is then conducted from the purifying to the compressing room. in which are located two powerful compressors of special design, which compress the gas into storage cylinders used for this purpose. From these holders the gas is piped to the Baltimore & Ohio depot, where it is supplied to the cars as required.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Pintsch Gas
Petroleum
Baltimore Ohio
Pittsburg
Gas Purification
Gas Compression
Car Illumination
Where did it happen?
Pittsburg
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Location
Pittsburg
Story Details
Crude or refined petroleum is used to manufacture Pintsch gas in a model plant supplying Baltimore & Ohio cars, involving furnaces with retorts, purification, and compression into storage cylinders for car illumination.