{"product_id":"mappe-of-graine-isle-of-grain-oil-refinery-satirical-manuscript-map-kent-c1925-p-6-112762","title":"Mappe of Graine—Isle of Grain oil refinery satirical manuscript map—Kent c1925","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Mappe of Graine'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA one-off: an original pen-and-wash map on cloth that turns the Medway Oil and Storage Company’s refinery on the Isle of Grain into a mock-medieval kingdom, drawn by someone who knew the works from the inside. ‘Ye DeGanahl Castle’ and ‘Ye Carl’s Castle’ house the American owner Charles de Ganahl and his son Carl, the works manager; the laboratory chemists become alchemists labouring over ‘magic formulae’; the water main is ‘an accursed spot’; the railway is ‘Ye Snailway’; and the ‘Tower of Gel’ recalls the silica-gel petrol plant of 1924, whose failure ended in the House of Lords. Welders, fitters and ‘Ye humorist, ought to be shot on sight!’ crowd the sheet, beside ‘Ye Sludge Spotte’, where ‘doth Hell touch earth with leprous hand’. Signed, apparently by C. H. G. Moorhouse, it is a unique insider’s portrait of Britain’s early oil industry. ‘Ye Galleon Energie’ probably depicts the company’s tanker built in 1928, suggesting 1928–1932, before the refinery closed. The far larger Kent Refinery followed in 1953, and the island is now home to the Grain LNG terminal.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54549172289883,"sku":"P-6-112762","price":680.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-6-112762a.jpg?v=1793287451","url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/products\/mappe-of-graine-isle-of-grain-oil-refinery-satirical-manuscript-map-kent-c1925-p-6-112762","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}