Drilling for natural gas, Greentown, Indiana, circa 1905
| Description: |
Men pose with a natural gas drilling rig. Wires or ropes expand from the pillar on the machine, and a large pulley is on top. See photo ia-0238-c002-0046 for a another view.Taken during the period of active drilling and production during the Indiana gas boom, probably on the Trenton Gas Field in east central Indiana. |
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| Origin: | 1905, circa |
| Created By: |
Gibson, Ira Elsworth, 1868-1944 |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/96DF66E9-8BC3-49A3-A750-721506333551 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Album |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
Greentown, Howard County, Indiana, United States |
| Subjects: |
Rachel Jenkins Collection / Ira Gibson Glass Negatives Natural gas Drilling & boring machinery Machinery Pulleys Greentown (Ind.) Howard County (Ind.) |
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