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Metadata
Object Name |
Model, Product |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Catalog Number |
OMC 1994.016.056 |
Other Name |
Drilling tools scale model |
Date |
1952 |
Description |
34 scale model drilling tools mounted and framed. (40 model pieces, 34 as per appraisal) The tools were fabricated in 1952 by David Matheson, Bob Saunders and Murray Bradley at the Oil Well Supply Co. in Petrolia. They were made after hours to be used when travelling to Water Well Conventions, Trade Shows and Ontario Petroleum Institute Conventions as part of the Oil Well Supply Co. displays. 51" x 39" |
Provenance |
The tools were fabricated in 1952 by David Matheson, Bob Saunders and Murray Bradley at the Oil Well Supply Co. in Petrolia. The Oil Well Supply Company was originally founded in 1865 by Hector McKenzie, a machinist who built the first machine shop in Petrolia. In 1870, James Joyce, a blacksmith, began his own company and in 1890, the two men joined forces and named their amalgamated firm the Oil Well Supply Company. The Oil Well Supply Company emerged from this need for specialised equipment, and they developed and perfected the tools for drilling and pumping oil wells, including the Canadian pole-tool drilling rig. As the local oil men began to travel to open oil fields all over the world, they began shipping their tools and equipment to Austria, Russia, Sumatra, Java, Egypt, Persia, and anywhere else the Lambton oil men could be found. The Oil Well Supply Company brand was soon known all over the world. |
Dimensions |
H-99 W-129.5 D-8.9 cm |
Inscription Type |
Inscription |
Inscription Technique |
Embossed |
Inscription Location |
bottom centre of frame |
Inscription Text |
The Oil Well Supply Company Limited Petrolia Ontario Canada Established1866 OWSC logo on either side of words |
Inscription Language |
English |
Search Terms |
Oil Well Supply Co. Petrolia Scale Model Drilling Tools |
People |
Bradley, Murray |