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Description
Closeup view of oil pouring out of the ground in a blow out. Library records indicate: "General Petroleum Co. Barnard Well No. 5. Gas explosion which wrecked derrick. This well practically proved Ventura Ave. field, but it was several years until a method of gas control was affected - 1915."
Type
image
Format
23 x 18.6 cm Black and white photograph
Identifier
2173
Language
English
Subject
Oil wells Explosions Petroleum industry and trade
Place
California Ventura County (Calif.) Ventura (Calif.)
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