Marsh Refinery

The Marsh Refinery is an industrial complex located in Innsmouth. It's owners - the Marsh Family - are known throughout the region as a powerful and rich family, involved in gold processing business.

History
The Refinery was founded by Obed Marsh, a wealthy and influential citizen of Innsmouth, who only few years prior was known for his long voyages across the Pacific. His trade dropped severely in the late 1830s and it was not long after that the Marsh Refinery was founded.

It all soon become a topic of gossip among the citizens of Innsmouth and neighbouring towns since there wasn't a logical explanation as to how did Obed manage to acquire such a large supply of gold. Unknown to them however, Obed made a pact with the Deep Ones and it was they who were his real source of wealth.

In the year 1846 there were riots in Innsmouth, resulting in Obed and his gang being arrested. This however did not last, as the Deep Ones came to aid their ally on land. They liberated Obed, massacred the population opposing them and put the Marsh family in control of the town.

During the following years the Refinery business expanded even more, becoming a large industrial complex. It would seem however that after some time it slowly started deteriorating, and by the year 1922 only the gold processing facility was still in function.

Role in the game
For some time before the year 1922, the Treasury Department of the US was tracking gold coming out of the Refinery. Suspicious of some kind of criminal activity, J. E. Hoover instigated a few undercover missions to the Refinery in hopes of finding incriminating documents. This failed however, and after contact with Mackey was lost, Hoover decided to start an FBI led raid. During this sequence, Jack Walters, who just got "saved" by the FBI agents, is forced to accompany them.

During the raid, Hoover and Jack discover the incriminating documents needed for a full scale raid of the town. Hoover then orders the Refinery to be demolished.

Trivia

 * In the game the Refinery looks like a large industrial complex, while in the book “The Shadow over Innsmouth” it is described as merely a former mill converted into a refinery