ABSTRACT
In August 1859, the first oil well was constructed in Titusville, PA. The visionaries who financed and developed the primitive derrick and drill believed that "rock oil" would provide an excellent source of energy for illuminating buildings [1]. And for a few years, it did-until Thomas Edison found a way during the early 1880s to harness electricity. Luckily for the oil industry, other world-changing inventors in Europe and the United States had already begun the first steps toward redefining transportation - through development of a four-stroke engine and adaptation of the motor to power a buggy. The seeds of an automotive industry had been sown. And, from that point on, a need for storing petroleum products grew.
