Oil City. Pennsylvania, on both sides of the Alleghany River (here crossed by long railroad and passenger bridges), 133 miles by rail N. by E. of Pittsburgh, is one of the principal oil markets in the state, and the centre of a busy trade. It contains, besides oil-refineries, engine- and boiler-factories, and a large cooperage. There were fearful inundations here in June 1892. Pop. (1870) 2276; (1880) 7315; (1890) 10,932.
Oil City.
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 587
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