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A Docked Oil Rig

Original Creation Date: Unknown

Coverage:

(Place) United States - Texas - Orange County
(Era) Oil and Gas, 1901-Present

Description: Photograph of a large oil rig with a spindletop docked on a river bank. There is a small boat in front of it. In the foreground is a river bank and next to the rig is a shed with wooden beams outside of it.

Note: Written on the back of the photograph is, "Built for Bay Drilling Co."

Physical Description: One photographic image, b&w: 8.0 in. X 10.0 in.

Language: No Language

Subject(s):

(UNTL-BS) Texas Landscape and Nature - Water - Rivers
(UNTL-BS) Business, Economics and Finance - Oil and Gas - Oil wells
(UNTL-BS) Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Boats
(UNTL-BS) Business, Economics and Finance - Oil and Gas - Oil Fields - Spindletop

Keyword(s):

Oil Rigs | Docked Rigs | Floating Rigs

Contributor (Donor): Levingston

Institution: Heritage House Museum

Collection: Summerlee Grant 2007

Identifier: Accession or Local Control No : hhm_00419

Resource Type: Image-Photograph

Format: Image

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