Interesting you mention the Penn-Brad Museum, I've been in contact with the curator. A very friendly and knowledgable person. I've added a copy of her response.
Speaking of responses, I've posted threads on this forum twice and have been very pleased with the helpful feedback.
Thanks All
CDise
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Hi Clair
FYI, I am a railroad buff myself from a long time back. The Reading was my first love of the mainliners but the logging railroads are my real heart throb. Guess just simply because my husband is a descendant of Frank Goodyear, who can compete with that?? My family worked for the Goodyears in his holdings over in Potter Co, PA! You cannot seperate oil history from logging history in the timeline of things, look at John D Rockefeller and his dealings with oil and railroad right here in Bradford!?!? My oily roots go to the time of Colonel Drake, my Great Great Grandfather drilling down the road from him less than a year from his discovery well over in Titusville, PA.
I will be more specific in answering your message later, but wanted you to know I got your message and have you in my address book now. This is a great project and we will be very happy to help.
Soon, Sherri L Huston Schulze, Curator, Penn Brad Oil Museum
You might look at
http://www.venangoil.com/oilheritagehaer.html
Have fun
douglast wrote: Doing a Google search on Titusville, Pa. and Oil City, Pa. lead me to the following web sites. www.drakewell.org/Replica%20Print.pdf
Tom Trigg
I missed the drake well plans on their site. Thanks for catching that. Dimensional drawing have been hard to find so far.
Thanks
Doing a Google search on Titusville, Pa. and Oil City, Pa. lead me to the following web sites.
www.drakewell.org/Replica%20Print.pdf
www3.uakron.edu/ul/subjects/drake-well.html
The first site has a pdf drawing of a wooden oil derrick.
The second site may need to be typed in to get to it, or Google Titusville, Pa 1859 and you will see that web site listed. There is a lot of information at this site.
I tried a search for "Pennsylvania oil wells" which turned up many interesting sites with photos.
Bob
Thanks for the feedback. I'll keep you posted how this projects proceeds. If when I am done with the project, I have the pieces for a believable scene, I will consider it a success.
ttrigg wrote:You could try a Google search for "oil well" and find things likeand and"good googling"
I found this:
Empire under construction !
The early bird catches the worm.
But, the second mouse gets the cheese!
I am looking into modelling an early oil scene from Pennsylvania. Does anyone have plans or information on the wooden oil derriks used there. I will be making the 5 hour treck to the northwest part of the state later this spring, but was hoping to get a head start on my project.
I am hoping to use this as part of a display this coming October.
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