Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Photograph, Black-and-White |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Accession number |
OMC 2022.022 |
Catalog Number |
OMC 2022.022.013 |
Description |
Black and white photo of a wooden structure. It has a slanted roofline down to the right of the frame. Wooden structure is open on left side and sticking out from the opening is a large wooden beam. Behind the wooden structure is a metal boiler on wheels (it would have been portable). The structure is in a grassy filed with a few trees in the background. There aren't any leaves on the trees, probably taken during fall or winter. In the background on the left side there is a windmill. This structure was made into the Canada Pole Drilling Rig on the Oil Museum of Canada grounds. duplicate to OMC 2022.022.014 but lighter. |
Provenance |
The boiler is N.C. Peterson and Sons portable boiler c. 1884 "N. C. Peterson and Sons were a manufacturer of steam engines located in Sarnia, Ontario. N.C. Peterson began his working life as a blacksmith in Smiths Falls, Ontario and relocated to Sarnia in 1857. Mr. Peterson added a foundry to his blacksmith shop then a machine shop and boiler shop. His two sons joined him in the business which then became known as N. C. Peterson and Sons. By 1884, they were producing portable steam engines. Traction engines soon followed. N. C. Peterson and Sons produced both wood burning steam engines and straw burning steam engines." http://mbagmuseum.ca/artifact/petersons-traction-straw-burning-engine/ |
Print Size |
12.8cm x 8.9cm |
Search Terms |
Boiler Drilling Rig N.C. Peterson and Sons Oil Museum of Canada Oil Springs Pump Jack Steam Engine Windmill |
Place |
Oil Springs, Ontario |