Photograph
Oil Drilling Rig and Power Unit
| A man sits on the back of an International D-346-F truck outfitted with a core-drilling and shallow-well-drilling rig. The truck was also fitted with an International PA-50 power unit. |
| Image ID: | 66140 |
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| Creation Date: | 06 21 1938 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
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| State: | New Mexico |
| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company photo albums, circa 1899-1965 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 7Z, Album 466, Pg.40 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4.5 x 6.5 inches |
| The original caption reads: "3.5 to 7-ton truck, 215-inch wheelbase, equipped with a Failing Supply Co. Model 55 core-drilling and shallow-well-drilling rig and International PA-50 power unit. This outfit, owned b Geo. E. Failing Exploration & Drilling Co., 3429 Leland Ave., Houston, is drilling exploration hole, 4.5-inch diameter, 3,500 feet deep, in New Mexico. Total weight of truck and equipment, 36,500 pounds. The truck engine operates a Gardner-Denver 5 x 8-inch mud pump. The PA-50 operates the drawworks and the rotary table. This equipment has drilled a 4.5-inch hole, 2,000 feet dep, in 7 days, and it will take a 5-5/8-inch hole to a depth of 2,500 to 3,000 feet." |
| Hats |
| Work clothes |
| Oil wells |
| Men |
| Engines |
| Trucks |
| Blue collar workers |
| Outdoor photography |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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