An Oil Pipeline Scheme

Jan.  20, 1864.  According to the Derrick's Handbook of Petroleum: "Philadelphia North American outlines a scheme for laying a pipe down the Allegheny to Pittsburgh for the transportation of oil, a large proportion of the people of the oil region oppose the scheme as a blow at their prosperity." This project was abandoned due to the opposition which must have included the voices of the teamsters via their agents.  At least it was a bold scheme and would have been a commercial boon except that the development of pipelines was not technically advanced at this time.