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| Description: | Drake Well, named for Edwin Drake, is credited as the first oil well and was constructed in 1859. |
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| Description: | This view of the monument at Drake Memorial Park shows the old Drake well-casing and commemorates the first oil well that was constructed in 1859. |
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| Description: | An oil field in Titusville, Pennsylvania, where Edwin Drake constructed the first oil well in 1859. |
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| Description: | A crowd is gathered a safe distance from a burning oil tank. |
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| Description: | An oil tank burns in an oil field, probably in Titusville, Pennsylvania, where the first oil well was constructed in 1859. In total, 35,000 barrels burned... |
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