PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoFirst American oil field in Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA, 1859lemmy.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down10
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minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·6 days agoWhy were they drilling for oil before we had ICE engines? I can’t think of any Civil War era machines that ran but coal and steam.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 days agoIllumination, heating, and lubrication, I believe. Alternative to whale oil and the like.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoAh! Morality aside, makes more economic sense than chasing giant mammals in the ocean.
Why were they drilling for oil before we had ICE engines? I can’t think of any Civil War era machines that ran but coal and steam.
Illumination, heating, and lubrication, I believe. Alternative to whale oil and the like.
Ah! Morality aside, makes more economic sense than chasing giant mammals in the ocean.
A guess: lamps.