This shipping crate side contained Wemco Oil that was produced by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after 1923. WEMCO was the abbreviation for the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company that produced a mineral oil for insulating and cooling moving machine parts. This crate contained one five-gallon drum of Wemco oil.
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