Historical Oil Drilling Sites

Black and white images depicting oil derricks and drilling equipment from the mid-20th century, showcasing historical extraction methods and machinery.

The derrick and drilling plant at Exmouth Gulf, Western Australian, where oil has been discovered. The map shows the position of the oil-bearing site on the west coast of Australia. December 5, 1953.

The derrick and drilling plant at Exmouth Gulf, Western Australian, where oil has been discovered. The map shows the position of the oil-bearing site on the west coast of Australia. December 5, 1953.

Equipment. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Oil Well at Roussillion. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Image of the piling work in the construction of the viaduct in the Rijksweg 22 in Utrecht on Stadionlaan.n.b. The street name Rijksweg 22 was changed in Waterlinieweg in 1993.

Anefo photo collection. BPU coevorden derrick. 30, 1947. Coevorden

Tower. 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) construction work at Fort Reno Park, Tenleytown, Washington, D.C. (19 Julyrn1961 through 19 January 1962). White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) construction work at a telecommunications station (Cartwheel), Fort Reno Park, Tenleytown, Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. Demissionary Minister Schut van Housing and Spatial Planning. First pile is beaten. May 4, 1971. Duivendrecht, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Work on Delta Works in Haringvliet. November 29, 1960

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Build new Pier Scheveningen. October 8, 1959. Scheveningen, South Holland

A coal mine in central Iowa. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Iowa

Project 30-7 - Operation Tumbler/Snapper (Nevada Test Site) Test Activities. 300' tower for shot EASY. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Papuan Oil Search -- Australasian Petroleum Company's oil derrick at Upoia, 25 miles up the Vailala River, Papua, where a depth of more than 2600 feet has been reached. The derrick is only about 50 yards from the river. The company plans to sink threewells at Upoia, where there are abundant surface oil seepages. October 22, 1949.

Construction Work at Bangården at Malmö Central Station.

Groove on PiaSeczno.

Soviet space rocket on Launchpad in Kazakhstan 1961

Old Ben No. 8 mine, West Frankfort, Illinois 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Donzere-Mondragon - Power Station. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Vintage Photograph. Oil drilling in Nazareth Israel.

Construction of track hall at Malmö Central Station, 1923.

Roumania Towers of European companies are enclosed while those of the Americans are open. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item, No. 1220, Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection , Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Ind. Oil; Gypsies; For. Rel.

New Guided Missile Readied for Test -- A new Air Force guided missile, the NATIV built by North American Aviation, is lowered into position for a test firing on the Holloman Air Force base near Alamogordo, N.M. The missile is fired from a metal launching tower. January 14, 1949. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Skiopticone image with motifs from Denmark. View of the sea from the fik.The image has been stored in cardboard marked: Helsingor 3. Esbergårda. Hornbek. Helsingborg. 1904.

Dr. Robert H. Goddard's tower and shelter at the Army artillery range at Camp Devens, in Ayer, Massachusetts in the winter of 1929-1930. Goddard originally began testing rockets on his aunt's farm in Auburn, Massachusetts until the local police, fire department and townspeople became concerned about the noise and menace to the public the rockets created. Although Goddard maintained that the rockets were not a danger, he soon moved to Camp Devens, Massachusetts. There he was able to launch the rockets without attracting attention. b a href= http //www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html rel= nofollow NASA Goddard Space Flight Center /a /b enables NASAs mission through four scientific endeavors Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASAs accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agencys mission. b Follow us on a href= http //twitter.com/NASA_GoddardPix rel= nofollow Twitter /a

Project 20 - Operation Greenhouse (Enewetak) Test Activities. Dog Tower. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Vintage Photograph. Atlas on pad.

Anefo photo collection. Construction technical college in Eindhoven. October 23, 1957. Eindhoven

Transport arms articles, houses, August 1975.

Pile driver in operation at building site for Metropolitan housing project, East 18th Street and Avenue A, New York City

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Piling in the viaduct to SJ (the state railway).

Groove on copyly.

Texas oil wells; Texas Chief gusher, c1919. Black and white photograph by Stephenson, Wichita Falls

Medle. State Railways, SJ. Bridge construction over Bjurån in October 1910. Publishing

The sweat grape on the lace mountains. Power station chimney during rising.

The impregnation institution at Bolmen in the early 20th century.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Fireheart Creek Bridge Driving Piling. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Iraq. Oil wells and camp of the Iraq Petroleum Company. (5 miles S. of Kirkuk). Kirkuk District. An oil driller. Showing full height of drill tower. 1932, Iraq

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak/Bikini/Johnnston Island Area) Test Activities. 300 foot photo tower on Parry Island. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Oxelösund's ironwork A.-b.

Anefo photo collection. First pile pile for new Herda factory. November 20, 1961

East side of Triumph Hill, near Tidioute, Pa. Views of the Penna. oil region. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Petroleum chemical industry , Environmental aspects, Petroleum industry , New York (State), Petroleum industry , Pennsylvania

Mine trestle. Frank and Frances Carpenter collection , Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951, Trestles,Alaska,Nome,1890-1940, Mining equipment,Alaska,Nome,1890-1940, United States,Alaska

Elsevier photo collection. Radio station 210 meter tower Veluwe Kootwijk. workers climb tower performing work. 1920. Kootwijk

Testing Bridge Site. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Vintage Photograph. Oil Wells near Oil City in Texas. Frame 1

The construction of the new covered Fregattendok (DOK 6, also called the new dock) of the Rijkswerf (RW) in Den Helder at the end of September 1976. The cement factory is drawn up.

Anefo photo collection. Oil drilling drenthe. Oil drilling drenthe. November 13, 1945. Drenthe, Schoonebeek

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

The structural steel work which will support the telescope. March 29, 1955. (Photo by Daily Mirror).

Wachusett Dam, towers of Lidgerwood cableways, on the east side, Clinton, Mass., Jan. 24, 1901 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Idkerberget in the valleys. Has previously been considered to imagine the mercy in Norberg.

DEU, Germany, Dortmund: Personalities from politics, economy and culture from the years 1965-71. Ruhr area. Industrial landscape of the Ruhr district ca. 1965, Europe

Vintage Photograph. Oil wells with Skyline in background at Long Beach California.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Kirkuk District. An oil drilling tower, Iraq

Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, easterly portion, driving 6-inch sheeting in main cut-off trench, Clinton, Mass., Jan. 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Photo collection Government information service. Suriname. undated. Paramaribo, Suriname

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings basins, foundations, sheet tax tests, study center, equipment, Haasveld. September 1957. Hillegom

Squirting derrick on oil field in Baku; Baku. Njoftjanja Fontan. Part of photo album with recordings of sights in Georgia, St. Petersburg and Moscow.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

After murder fire on the oje field in Baku.The image is included in two large photo albums by director Karl Wilhelm Hagelin who worked for a long time at Nobel's oil facilities in Baku.

Dredging at Tjuvholmssundet.

Asia. Kuwait. Burgan. Oil Wells. 1950

Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, easterly portion, driving 6-inch sheeting in main cut-off trench, Clinton, Mass., Jan. 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Anefo photo collection. Piling work in the port of Den Helder. July 24, 1951. Den Helder

Personnel at Bangård.

The sweat grape. Pile, Kajbygget 1918.

Oglala Dam Project. 1940-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Anefo photo collection. Under construction, Philip Pavilion by architect Le Corbusier in the field of the world exhibition in Brussels. November 13, 1957. Belgium, Brussels

Exmouth Gulf (See Also: Western Australia Files For....Rough Range...Cape Range & Oil General). December 24, 1953.

Vintage Photograph. Drilling for oil in North Dakota.

S62-06634 (1962) --- Static test firing of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) Atlas 113D during preflight verification of launch vehicle systems.

"Imperial Wireless Station". Italian has the largest Radio Transmitting Station of the World. The Italian Head of Government Mussolini, shortly inaugurated the new, large Imperial Radio Station, in Prato Smeraldo at about 20km's distance from Rome.These 100m high, 100 kilowat strong wireless masts constitute the largest Transmitting Station of the World, as mentioned by the Duce in his inauguration speech addressing all Italians living abroud. November 29, 1938. (Photo by Atlantic Photo).

Oil and Gas - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Lorraine Coal Mining and Decazeville (Aquitaine). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Vintage photograph. Transformers at a power plant

View of the installation for the transhipment of gravel from ships to railway wagons of the N.S. At Grinderij Linne in Linne

Radio range transmitter towers rise above the windswept snow blanket which covers this station on the North Atlantic air route to the European theatre.

North Africa Pix - Well-Drilling at Arram, Tunisia. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Track work at pebble.

Skiopticone image from A.W. Cronquist's visit to Baku oil district in 1903.

The V-2 (German: Vergeltungswaffe 2, 'Retribution Weapon 2'), technical name Aggregat-4 (A4), was the world's first long-range4 ballistic missile. The liquid-propellant rocket was developed during the Second World War in Germany as a 'vengeance weapon', designed to attack Allied cities 1942

Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, easterly portion, driving 6-inch sheeting in main cut-off trench, Clinton, Mass., Jan. 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Louis Primeau, Leader on Pile Driving Operations, Bullhead District, White Shirt Bridge. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

New Jersey - Miah Maul Shoal. Miah Maul Shoal Light Station, New Jersey. Working platform, pile foundation & deposit of riprap.

Caterpillar Tractor, With Boom, Hoisting A Side Plate Into Position, In Constructing A Gasoline Tank At Poashan, China.

The sweat grape. Expansion of Kaj 1922.

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Piling in the viaduct to SJ (the state railway).

Work on contact line post.

01/01/1960. Castle (Vitoria). The drilling head found a pocket of methane gas in the borehole carried out at a depth of 2,600 meters.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

A scene from the Walter Wanger Technicolor production for Eagle-Lion Films "TULSA", a romance of the boom days in the founding of America's oil industry. Directed by Stuart Heisler. January 4, 1950. (Photo by J. Arthur Rank Organisation Ltd.).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Poerwokerto-Banjoemas. Hydroelectric power station. December 14, 1947. Banuymas, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Purwokerto

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United States (1880). Oil wells in Triumph Mountain, Pennsylvania. Engraving.

EFD. Installation of outriggers.

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