[Historic Property, Photograph 4542-01]

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.
Date: December 24, 1902
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Tank. (open access)

Oil Tank.

Patent for a new and improved oil tank. This design "relates to improvements in oil-tanks, and has for its object to prevent the waste of oil when emptying the can or vessel in which it is received from the factory, and to avoid the odor arising from the oil, and also to prevent evaporation after the oil has been introduced into the tank" (lines 9-15).
Date: March 24, 1885
Creator: Fisher, Charles A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History