Wamsutta Oil Refinery was established around 1861 in McClintocksville in Venango County near Oil City, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It was the first business enterprise of Henry Huttleston Rogers (1840-1909), who became a famous capitalist, businessman, industrialist, financier, and philanthropist.
Read more about Wamsutta Oil Refinery: Whale Oil and Petroleum Compete, Henry H. Rogers, Charles Pratt, Standard Oil, Henry Rogers As A Tycoon and Philanthropist, Pennsylvania Oil Heritage
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