Refinery Construction Program Extensive
Workmen are engaged in making foundation tests at the Farmers Valley plant of the Quaker State Oil Refining Co., in preparation for the construction of a large new power house and solvent plant.
Actual construction work, which will require about six months to complete, is expected to start next week.
The power plant will contain a steam generator type of boiler, with
a 500 kilowatt capacity and capable of generating 1,400 horsepower, or
enough
steam for the entire plant's needs. The solvent plant will embrace
one of the latest chemical processes in refining.
A contract for a 200-foot stack for the power house has been let; contracts
for the boiler and plant itself have not been awarded.