Western Pennsylvania: The Birthplace of the Petroleum Pipeline

James Arnold, who was a pipe-liner for the early part of his career, and now runs the Flight School at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, will give a PowerPoint discussion about the pipelines that traversed the country and the equipment used to pump oil. The Crescent Pipeline ran through Ligonier Valley with a pumping station located where the Red & White Grocery (later the Flea-tique) sat. Jim will bring some artifacts from his collection and perhaps run his model of the steam pumping engine that has been on display in the Pa Room since last summer. Some of us may remember Jim from the several talks he gave here previously on Emily Dickinson and her poetry.