Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Photograph, Color |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Catalog Number |
OMC 2022.002.044 ddd |
Title |
Palomino Buxton No 1 |
Photographer |
Stewart Rawlings |
Date |
22 Jul 1970 |
Description |
Colour photograph from photograph album compiled by Stewart Rawlings of pictures pertaining to their oil drilling business, Rawlings Drilling Company. Image is of a red drilling rig with four trucks parked in front. There is a red pickup truck, stake truck, cement pumper and the back end of a tank truck. They are cementing the 4 1/2" pipe in the well. Written on the back: Palomino Buxton No 1, Cementing 4 1/2, July 22/70. |
Provenance |
Photo taken by Stewart Rawlings of his family's drilling company in Chatham, ON. David "Stewart" Rawlings is the grandson of International Driller, George Rawlings. After 26 years working internationally, George returned and joined his father-in-law in 1932, Mr. Stover, in his drilling business, Stover Drilling Co. in the Chatham area. After the death of Mr. Stover it became the Rawlings Drilling Co. Stewart and his father, Frank, followed in the family business. |
Print Size |
10.7cm x 8.6cm |
Search Terms |
Cable Tool Drilling Rig Cement Drilling Rig Equipment Oil & Gas Exploration Oil Drilling Site Oil Industry Palomino Buxton #1 Rawlings Drilling Company Trucks |
People |
Rawlings, Stewart |