top | item 29148478 One Man’s Quest to Preserve the World’s Smallest Oil Refiner 40 points| CapitalistCartr | 4 years ago |atlasobscura.com | reply 6 comments order hn newest [+] [-] jdhn|4 years ago|reply What a great read. I love seeing these little weird slices of Americana being preserved for future generations. [+] [-] zweifuss|4 years ago|reply The refineries of Abu Kadir are also very small (German documentary): https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/104498-000-A/syrien-warum-schu... French version: https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/030273-834-A/arte-reportage/ [+] [-] jeffrallen|4 years ago|reply I am constantly amazed by the weird and wonderful things I see on Atlas Obscura. Thank you! [+] [-] benzofuran|4 years ago|reply I actually just drove by that last week - there's a fun plaque out front but as of today it's very junky up there (seems adjacent property owner is allowing their yard to become junkyardish).It was a cool little slice of history to see! [+] [-] kryz|4 years ago|reply This was even more interesting to read given the context of the Standard Oil episode of the Acquired podcast recently [+] [-] Robotbeat|4 years ago|reply This is super cool. Yeah, fossil oil tech belongs in a museum, not the cornerstone of our civilization.
[+] [-] jdhn|4 years ago|reply What a great read. I love seeing these little weird slices of Americana being preserved for future generations.
[+] [-] zweifuss|4 years ago|reply The refineries of Abu Kadir are also very small (German documentary): https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/104498-000-A/syrien-warum-schu... French version: https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/030273-834-A/arte-reportage/
[+] [-] jeffrallen|4 years ago|reply I am constantly amazed by the weird and wonderful things I see on Atlas Obscura. Thank you!
[+] [-] benzofuran|4 years ago|reply I actually just drove by that last week - there's a fun plaque out front but as of today it's very junky up there (seems adjacent property owner is allowing their yard to become junkyardish).It was a cool little slice of history to see!
[+] [-] kryz|4 years ago|reply This was even more interesting to read given the context of the Standard Oil episode of the Acquired podcast recently
[+] [-] Robotbeat|4 years ago|reply This is super cool. Yeah, fossil oil tech belongs in a museum, not the cornerstone of our civilization.
[+] [-] jdhn|4 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] benzofuran|4 years ago|reply
It was a cool little slice of history to see!
[+] [-] kryz|4 years ago|reply
[+] [-] Robotbeat|4 years ago|reply