About 1859
Illuminating oil made from cannel coal near Fellowsville
Wiley reports that several barrels of illuminating oil were manufactured from cannel coal near Fellowsville. The operation stopped during the Civil War and was later abandoned after cheaper petroleum became available; the works subsequently burned.
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Wiley, History of Preston County, pp. 518–519
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