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The first oil well (top) drilled by Colonel L. Titusville (inset). Pennsylvania. 1859.

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Date Taken
1859

Summary

Colonel L. Drake (inset). The first oil well. Published in unidentified source. ?The old and the new.? The first oil well (top) drilled by Colonel L. Drake in 1859 near Titusville, Pennsylvania, height of derrick 34 feet. Modern oil well (bottom), height of derrick 84 feet, drilled in 1918.

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U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Lee, Willis Thomas

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name photoLibrary lwt01441
number photoLibrary 20770
batch photoLibrary btch528
number_in_book photoLibrary 1441

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