This Week in Petroleum History, December 25 to December 31
December 26, 1905 – Nellie Bly’s Ironclad 55-Gallon Metal Barrel –
Inventor Henry Wehrhahn of Brooklyn, New York, received two patents that would lead to the modern 55-gallon steel drum. He assigned both to his employer, the famous journalist Nellie Bly, who was president of the Iron Clad Manufacturing Company.
