Drake Oil Well

Drake Oil Well - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Drake Well is a oil well in Cherrytree Township, Venango County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, the success of which sparked the first oil boom in the United States. The well is the centerpiece of the Drake Well Museum located south of Titusville. Read more on Wikipedia

type: NRHP
date from: 1859

Source: en.wikipedia.org