Re: Visiting Pittsburgh, trivia answer

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Posted by Ken on Tuesday, August 21, 2001 at 8:03PM :

In Reply to: Re: Visiting Pittsburgh, anything old and Dodge in the area? posted by Ken on Tuesday, August 21, 2001 at 7:57PM :

This truck was used to haul nitroglycerin charges around the oil fields. The oil wells plugged up frequently and nitro was used to open them up.

A container of Nitroglycerin was carefully lowered to the bottom of the well. A metal "torpedo" was then dropped into the well to set off the nitro.

Ken


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