Midway Field Well 2-6

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The Midway Field Well 2-6 is a California Historical Landmark number 581 in Kern County, California. The oil well is the first gusher in Kern County and hit oil in 1909. Midway Field Well 2-6 help start the great oil boom in California, located in the Midway-Sunset Oil Field. The oil well became a California State Historical Landmark No. 581 on May 1, 1957. The well is located on Mocal Road, Fellows, California. The well was built by Fred C. Ripley.California parks, Midway Field Well 2-6 Fellows is a small town 33 miles west of Bakersfield, California. Read more on Wikipedia

type: historic site
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