Findlay in Hancock County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Versatile Hydrocarbon

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 27, 2020

1. Versatile Hydrocarbon Marker

Inscription. Early refineries were simple cookers which drew off gasoline, kerosene, and lubricant distillates as the temperature rose. While today's refineries also accomplish that same basic separation, modern refining continues the process by breaking down the hydrocarbon molecule and putting the atoms back together in new arrangements

The crude is heated, and then products are taken off at different temperatures. Depending on the complexity of the refinery, other units can then alter or recombine the molecules. Depending ?n the desired menu of products, no two refineries are exactly alike. Units include catalytic crackers, hydro- crackers, cokers, polymerization units, and more.

The modern world uses petroleum products in numerous ways, far beyond the fuels that power our cars or the asphalt that paves our roads. Petroleum by-products are found in everything from credit cards to disposable diapers, from deodorant to fertilizer. Petroleum is essential to our way of life. in order to make different products.

Erected by Marathon Petroleum Company.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce.

Location. 41° 2.126′ N, 83° 39′ W. Marker is in Findlay

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, Ohio, in Hancock County. It is on S. Main Street (Ohio Route 37), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Findlay OH 45840, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Till Plains.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Refineries Multiply (here, next to this marker); Marketing Petroleum (here, next to this marker); Names Will Change (here, next to this marker); Marathon & Speedway (here, next to this marker); Independent Company (here, next to this marker); Moving to Markets (here, next to this marker); Growing Pains (here, next to this marker); Findlay and Beyond (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Findlay.

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 27, 2020

2. Versatile Hydrocarbon Marker

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 27, 2020

3. Versatile Hydrocarbon Marker

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 27, 2020

4. Versatile Hydrocarbon Marker

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 13, 2022

5. Versatile Hydrocarbon Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 9, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 15, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 201 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 15, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. 5. submitted on June 6, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.