Dear Paul Stephens --
I live in California where I received your message today regarding the ISSES
forthcoming calendar with much interest and a bit of frustration -- the latter
because I am unlikely to be attending any of the events.
Specifically, I am keenly interested in the March talk on steam in the
California oilfields. I am very familiar with California's fascinating petroleum
history, but incredibly there is no organization, except for a couple of
museums, which pays attention to this subject.
I am a metallurgist, member of the Historical Metallurgy Society (UK),
Society for Industrial Archeology and specialist in mining history (past president
of the Mining History Association (U.S.A.).
From your message, I note that Stationary Power No. 6 (1989) has an article
on the topic, and I would be most grateful if you could tell me how I might pr
ocure a copy of same. I would also be interested in knowing something more
about your society and its publications.
I thank you for your attention -- and for your original message to the mining
history list.
Noel W. Kirshenbaum
San Francisco
>
> March 13th Steam in California - Chris Hodrien
> The California oil industry is probably about the last place on earth that
> you would expect to find steam engines operating. But as late as 1984, two hot
> crude oil pipelines from the famous Bakersfield oilfields traversing across
> the coast mountain ranges to an export terminal at St Luis Obispo were pumped
> and heated entirely by steam, using oil from the pipelines as fuel. Chris
> Hodrien will share his slides and experiences from his study visit to the lines
> with local ISSES member Bill Sawyer back in 1984 while on work assignment in
> Los Angeles.
>
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