Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery
Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery

South Eastern Entrance to Whiting, Ind.

Often called 'The Mistake by the Lake,' Whiting, Indiana was home to Amoco Oil, which housed massive gasoline tank farms next to the pristine beaches of Lake Michigan. In Northwest Indiana.

Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery
Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery

Cheerleading with the Whiting High School Mascot: an oil can.

Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery
Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery

Playing Michael Jordan in the backyard of a house which abuts the Amoco Oil gasoline tank farms.

Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery
Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery

Photos of the Amoco Oil Refinery exploding in the 1950s hang on the walls of The Whiting Historical Society.

Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery.
Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery.

Halloween revelers by the 'Eternal Flame' statute.

Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery
Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery

​Wedding in the Standard Oil Community Center

Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery
Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery

​Fourth of July Parade Float

Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery
Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery
Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery
Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery
Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery.
Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery
Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery
Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery

South Eastern Entrance to Whiting, Ind.

Often called 'The Mistake by the Lake,' Whiting, Indiana was home to Amoco Oil, which housed massive gasoline tank farms next to the pristine beaches of Lake Michigan. In Northwest Indiana.

Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery

Cheerleading with the Whiting High School Mascot: an oil can.

Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery

Playing Michael Jordan in the backyard of a house which abuts the Amoco Oil gasoline tank farms.

Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery

Photos of the Amoco Oil Refinery exploding in the 1950s hang on the walls of The Whiting Historical Society.

Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery.

Halloween revelers by the 'Eternal Flame' statute.

Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery

​Wedding in the Standard Oil Community Center

Whiting, Indiana: Home of Amoco Oil Refinery

​Fourth of July Parade Float

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