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De-waxing plant at Mid-Continent refinery, Tulsa, Okla. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • roderickbodine said:
    De-waxing what and why? Can anyone enlighten me?
  • Wyatt Wellman said:
    Dewaxing of petroleum The process of separating hydrocarbons which solidify readily (waxes) from petroleum fractions. www.answers.com/topic/dewaxing-of-petroleum
  • aurelio madrid said:
    ...I get attached to tender images like this.
  • Sainetra Adcanced Eye Care said:
    isn't petroleum jelly a product of this wax?

Freeport Sulphur Co., 60 foot high vat of sulphur, Hoskins Mound, Texas (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • jack.us.dk said:
    The caption is unclear. "Building a 60 ft high 'vat' of sulfur" would be clearer.

60 foot high sulphur vat, Freeport Sulphur Co., Hoskins Mound, Texas (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • John said:
    How does the sulfur come to be this giant block? Is it poured into a giant form or what? This is quite odd, but cool. : )
  • sorrelli4me said:
    At first glance it resembles a huge block of cheese
  • El Cobrador said:
    ...limburger cheese ;)