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Grattan oil well on fire, Wainwright oil field, Alberta.
Grattan oil well on fire, Wainwright oil field, Alberta.
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Grattan oil well on fire, Wainwright oil field, Alberta.
This well was drilled to depth of 1,620 feet in 1914, but apparently failed to produce oil. Later it was purchased by Imperial Oil. It blew out and went on fire, burning for about 6 weeks.
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Date
[ca. 1914]
Creator
Carsell
Genre
Negatives
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Photographs
Place
Alberta
Subject
Imperial Oil Company, Wainwright, Alberta
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Industrial machinery
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Oil wells
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Petroleum industry and trade--Fires and fire prevention
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Petroleum industry and trade--Oil well drilling
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Wainwright, Alberta--Industry
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Repository
Glenbow Archives
Fonds/Collection
Farm Women's Union of Alberta. Sydenham-Gerald Local fonds
Reference code
CA ACU GBA F0746
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https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/farm-womens-union-of-alberta-sydenham-gerald-local-fonds
Unique identifier
CU1137047
Legacy Identifier
na-544-126
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"Grattan oil well on fire, Wainwright oil field, Alberta.", [ca. 1914], (CU1137047) by Carsell. Courtesy of Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.