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along with storage for packaged oils and greases, anywhere
from cartons of quart cans to full-size drums. These products
could arrive by rail, and if that was the case, there would be a
trackside unloading door. Delivery to local consumers would
be by truck, so there should be a corresponding door with
truck access. An example of such a building is in (6); another is
shown in Figure 8, a warehouse belonging to Union Oil.
Finally, it was common to have a loading facility for tank trucks
for local delivery. A small platform and shed roof was common
(see 5), but some facilities arranged to load directly from tanks.
One example is the Keystone Oil facility in New Cumberland,
Pennsylvania, as shown in (9). This photo also shows that sup-
port framing for horizontal tanks need not be massive.
8: This Union Oil warehouse in Livermore California,
was photographed in June 1985. The flush lading door
toward the right end of the side is a common arrange-
ment. The building has few windows and a large com-
pany logo. – Author photo.
