Historical Images of Porter County

Workmen, Indiana Pipe Line Company
Boone Grove, Indiana

Date: 1908
Source Type: Postcard
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Unknown
Postmark: May 29, 1908, Boone Grove, Indiana
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: Postmarked from Boone Grove, Indiana, written in ink on the reverse of this postcard is "Indiana pipe line co." In 1908, the Indiana Pipe Line Company, a company wholly owned by the Standard Oil Company, installed an eight-inch diameter oil pipeline through the southern section of Porter County, Indiana. The pipeline terminated at Whiting in Lake County, Indiana, where it was refined into various oil-based products. The pipeline closely followed the north edge of the Chicago & Erie Railroad right-of-way through Porter County. Four separate workmen gangs were employed to dig and install the pipeline along its total 150 mile route. In 1911, the Indiana Pipe Line Company was separated from Standard Oil Company to operate as an independent common carrier. In 1943, Indiana Pipe Line Company would merge with other pipeline companies to form Buckeye Pipeline Company, known today as Buckeye Partners (Buckeye Energy Holdings, LLC).

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Image and related text prepared by Steven R. Shook