https://aoghs.org/transportation/nellie-bly-oil-drum/ Oil History is Energy Education Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:10:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://aoghs.org/transportation/nellie-bly-oil-drum/#comment-5748 Sat, 04 Feb 2023 09:46:42 +0000 https://aoghs.org/?p=5022#comment-5748 […] Robert Seamen at 30 years of age. A decade after their courtship, Seamen died and left Bly his Ironclad Manufacturing Company. Bly was somewhat of a successful businesswoman, as she patented a number of inventions and […]

]]> https://aoghs.org/transportation/nellie-bly-oil-drum/#comment-5747 Sat, 04 Feb 2023 03:26:56 +0000 https://aoghs.org/?p=5022#comment-5747 […] Robert Seamen at 30 years of age. A decade after their courtship, Seamen died and left Bly his Ironclad Manufacturing Company. Bly was somewhat of a successful businesswoman, as she patented a number of inventions and […]

]]> https://aoghs.org/transportation/nellie-bly-oil-drum/#comment-5703 Sat, 22 Oct 2022 03:20:39 +0000 https://aoghs.org/?p=5022#comment-5703 […] The 55-gallon steel drum was designed by Henry Wehrhahn based on the ideas of his employer, a famous female journalist turned business owner, Elizabeth Sherman (1867-1922), known by her pen name, Nelly Bly (source). […]

]]> https://aoghs.org/transportation/nellie-bly-oil-drum/#comment-5660 Mon, 01 Aug 2022 08:56:07 +0000 https://aoghs.org/?p=5022#comment-5660 […] obtained a patent for the steel drum still in use today, the barrels underwent a transformation. Bly created her oil barrels to hold 55 gallons more oil and to leak […]

]]> https://aoghs.org/transportation/nellie-bly-oil-drum/#comment-5485 Tue, 17 May 2022 15:06:31 +0000 https://aoghs.org/?p=5022#comment-5485 […] Bly acquired the patent for that invention from one her employees and also patented a milk can and a stacking garbage can, according to the American Oil & Gas Historical Society. […]

]]> https://aoghs.org/transportation/nellie-bly-oil-drum/#comment-5347 Sun, 05 Sep 2021 18:05:50 +0000 https://aoghs.org/?p=5022#comment-5347 […] la mort de Robert, neuf ans plus tard, Nellie décide de reprendre les rênes de l'Iron Clad Manufacturing Company. Capitalisant sur sa célébrité pour écumer les salons et glaner de […]

]]> https://aoghs.org/transportation/nellie-bly-oil-drum/#comment-5244 Sat, 25 Jan 2020 16:04:22 +0000 https://aoghs.org/?p=5022#comment-5244 […] Remarkable Nellie Bly’s Oil Drum American Oil & Gas Historical Society […]

]]> https://aoghs.org/transportation/nellie-bly-oil-drum/#comment-4867 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 17:26:23 +0000 https://aoghs.org/?p=5022#comment-4867 […] the arena in seventy two days. She later married and grew to develop to be an inventor, registering just a few patents under her […]

]]> https://aoghs.org/transportation/nellie-bly-oil-drum/#comment-4853 Wed, 27 Feb 2019 12:44:41 +0000 https://aoghs.org/?p=5022#comment-4853 […] American oil and gas historical society (2018). Remarkable Nellie Bly’s Oil Drum. Recuperado de: https://aoghs.org/transportation/nellie-bly-oil-drum/ […]

]]> https://aoghs.org/transportation/nellie-bly-oil-drum/#comment-4849 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 00:01:10 +0000 https://aoghs.org/?p=5022#comment-4849 […] Nellie Bly’s Iron Clad factory turned out a thousand drums a day. When the patents expired, other manufacturers added to that number, so that today there are untold millions of the things scattered around the planet. The chances are good that there’s at least one 55-gallon drum within easy walking distance of you that’s not being put to use. Chances are equally good that even if so, it’s not being used to its original purpose: to store oil, gasoline, and chemicals. In fact, people have been wildly inventive in coming up with new uses for the barrels, some of which you may want to put to work on your own place. […]

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