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Title: Photograph of Chapman Well #1 gushing oil
Creator: Key, George Gilman, b. 1896
Date Created and/or Issued: 1919
Publication Information: Placentia Library District
Contributing Institution: Placentia Library District
Collection: Placentia Local History Photograph Collection
Rights Information: Public domain
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Description: Chapman Well #1 at the corner of Rose Dr. and Alta Vista St. Construction of the well began in 1917 and was completed in 1919. In 1919 it sprang a gusher that lasted for several days and drew attention to Placentia oil fields. The well produced 5,000 barrels a day, reaching two million barrels in first five years. The well was shut down in 1990. An historic plaque dedicated to Chapman Well #1 was installed in the Emerald Isle Senior Apartments in 2006. Emerald Isle is built on the site of Chapman Well #1.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic slide; 5.7 x 11.4 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt496nd206
cpl_135
C10.28.2
Subject: Oil wells
Oil well drilling rigs
Chapman Well #1
Place: Placentia (Calif.)

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