Astral Oil Works
Astral Oil Works
was founded in the
Greenpoint
section of
Brooklyn, New York
by
Charles Pratt
. Pratt was a pioneer of the
petroleum industry
who formed
Charles Pratt and Company
with
Henry H. Rogers
. The Pratt interests became part of
John D. Rockefeller
's
Standard Oil
organization in
1874
. Specializing in illuminating oil, which had earlier been derived from
whale
oil, the products of the Astral Oil Works
kerosene
refinery became famous world-wide in the late 19th century. They gave rise to the slogan, "
The holy lamps of Tibet are primed with Astral Oil
." Pratt founded and endowed the
Pratt Institute
with profits of the Astral Oil Works.
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