Parkersburg Wv Oil And Gas Museum
Oil and gas museum.
Parkersburg wv oil and gas museum. Oil gas museum this nationally recognized museum presents the intriguing history of the oil and gas industry including how the accumulation of wealth from oil impacted west virginia s statehood. Oil and gas museum 119 3rd st parkersburg wv 26101 usa. The oil gas museum a non profit 501 c 3 is registered under the name the oil gas and industrial historical association ogiha. 0 13 mi the blennerhassett hotel 0 23 mi knights inn parkersburg 0 38 mi towneplace suites by marriott parkersburg 1 41 mi hampton inn suites parkersburg downtown 3 36 mi wingate by wyndham vienna parkersburg.
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Interested in learning more about this region s oil gas civil war heritage district. Many exhibits inside and out with a short movie. The gps took us across the ohio river on the blennerhassett island bridge. We also went out along the river front to get pictures of the bridges.
By 1900 oil production had subsided while the use of natural gas was on the rise. Oil gas museum bridges my daughter and i went to the oil gas musuem in parkersburg wv. Oil gas museum. Open daily 11am to 5pm.
Henderson hall is a living legacy to the pioneers and patriots who walked its halls through an unbroken chain of five generations. 119 third street parkersburg west virginia 26101 open daily 11 00 am 5 00 pm. In downtown parkersburg is a small museum on the gas and oil findings that made millionaires out of west virginians and ohioians in this area before the oil boom of texas. From 1906 1917 west virginia was the leader in gas production in the united states.
The oil and gas museum features multiple floors packed with old documents old photos old displays and old stuff from the 150 years of history about the oil and gas industry in parkersburg and surrounding areas. Clan progenitor scottish born alexander henderson sr. December 2 2016 december 12 2016 usa leave a comment. Also expanded displays on the civil war and local industries.
119 third street parkersburg wv 304 485 5446.