Titusville, Pennsylvania - The Drake Well Museum and Park, where in 1859 Edwin Drake drilled a successful oil well and launched the modern oil industr

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Titusville, Pennsylvania - The Drake Well Museum and Park, where in 1859 Edwin Drake drilled a successful oil well and launched the modern oil industry. A replica of Drake's engine house and derrick houses the 1859 well and a working reproduction of his wood-fired boiler and steam engine that powered the drill.

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Size: 6720px × 4480px
Location: Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States
Photo credit: © Jim West / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: america, derrick, drake, drilling, edwin, energy, fossil, fuel, history, horizontal, museum, oil, park, pennsylvania, petroleum, rig, states, titusville, tourism, travel, united, usa