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[edit]DescriptionLakeview No. 1 gusher, 1910 cropped.JPG |
English: Lakeview No. 1 gusher, 1910. Photo courtesy San Joaquin Valley Geologic Society.
On March 15, 1910, the Lakeview No. 1 well of Union Oil Company blew out. For the next eight months, the Lakeview No. 1 gusher spewed oil uncontrolled, coating the surrounding countryside in petroleum and creating a huge lake of oil and sand at the derrick’s base that soon swallowed the derrick and drilling equipment. Workers eventually contained the lake using sandbags, but for ten more months oil continued to pour out of the well. Very little of the oil was saved and most evaporated or seeped into the ground. On September 10, 1911, the bottom of the crater caved in and the well ceased gushing oil. Workers have since filled in the crater and erected a plaque to mark the site. |
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Source | https://www.georgetownenvironmentalhistory.org/ehg-blog/field-trip-to-the-midway-sunset-oil-field-california | |||||||
Author | unknown photographer, 1910 | |||||||
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