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Title: Flames from the explosion at Richfield Oil Company's El Segundo well, December 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: between December 21 and December 25, 1937
1937-12-21/1937-12-25
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Explosion at Richfield Oil Company's El Segundo oil well. The gas release came without warning and initially caused rock and mud to shoot 200 feet into the air. The friction from this then ignited flames which roared out of the ground for nearly three days before dying out. The explosion caused a volcano-like crater 75 feet across and approximately $100,000 in damage.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Richfield Oil Well burns at El Segundo
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: El Segundo oil [???]
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0025gqbr
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Explosions--California--El Segundo
Fires--California--El Segundo
Oil wells--California--El Segundo
Debris--California--El Segundo
Disaster
Richfield Oil Company
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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