A steel oil well derrick. The walking beam is of wood. The only other wooden parts are the platforms. This derrick costs, erected, 50% or more more than the wooden derrick. Some companies have standardized on steel derricks to the exclusion of wood. The steel derrick has but one genuine advantage - a higher salvage value - if it must be taken down over a dry well. It is claimed to be superior because it is fire-proof. However, since fires at oil wells are usually gas fires, the steel derrick is hopelessly wrecked. Bakersfield, California. December, 1927
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