Tank Car

Tank Car (HMD0Q)

Location: Scranton, PA 18503 Lackawanna County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 24.469', W 75° 40.291'

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More than a century ago, railroads developed special cars to carry liquids - usually crude oil and petroleum products - without separate containers or packaging. Since many liquids required special linings, most tank cars were owned by individual shippers and carried only one class of product over many railroads.

Industry practices recommended that a railroad siding be built next to an oil house so oils could be delivered either in barrels onto the loading dock or directly from tank cars. Petroleum products delivered by tank car to the oil house were fed through a series of pipes and valves directly into the basement's storage tanks. The oil was then pumped to the first floor's supply pipes as needed.
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HM NumberHMD0Q
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Placed BySteamtown Nataionl Historic Site - National Park Service
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Date Added Monday, September 15th, 2014 at 5:56am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 443873 N 4584247
Decimal Degrees41.40781667, -75.67151667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 24.469', W 75° 40.291'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 24' 28.14" N, 75° 40' 17.46" W
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Area Code(s)570
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 150 S Washington Ave, Scranton PA 18503, US
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