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The first oil wells in the US, 1872 (b/w photo)

The first oil wells in the US, 1872 (b/w photo)
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SZT3017998
Image title
The first oil wells in the US, 1872 (b/w photo)
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black and white photograph
Date
1872 AD (C19th AD)
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Pennsylvania (PA), United States of America The first oil wells in the US at the newly discovered oil resources in the state of Pennsylvania. It was about ten years earlier when during a well drilling was discovered the valuable resource that was to form the basis of one of the most powerful industries in the country.

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black and white / oil industry / economy / petroleum / historical / oil drilling / oil extraction / oil production / finance / pennsylvania / energy / early days / usa / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto

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