Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Photograph |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Catalog Number |
OMC 1990.020.001 |
Other Number |
FD.002.001.016.p |
Date |
1900 |
Description |
Black and white photograph from the collection of International Driller Roland Blackwell taken while he was working in South America. The image shows a Canadian drilling rig with a wood derrick and attached covered lean-to where the steam boiler and engine is located. In front of the drilling rig are piles of pipe and casing with two men examining them. A small plume of smoke is rising beyond the pipe and a white horse is standing to the right of the pipe. In the foreground is a pit with fluid in the bottom and four pipe sticking out of the pit to ground level. Written on the back: South America. |
Provenance |
Roland Blackwell was an International Driller in Argentina and Venezuela. |
Print Size |
10.2cm x 7.9cm |
Search Terms |
Argentina Canadian Drilling Rig Casing Derrick Horse International Driller Oil Drilling Site Petroleum Industry Pipe South America |
People |
Blackwell, Roland |
Place |
Argentina |