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When Oil Hit Redwater
Images: Landscape

 
Drilling for oil in the town of Redwater.
19 of 124 		Imperial Esso Geological Department in Emile Royer's Chicken Coop in Redwater, AB.
20 of 124 		Aubrey Kerr stands beside the chicken coop offices used by Imperial at the beginning of the oil boom
21 of 124 		Flare pit burning off excess gas and crude oil.
22 of 124 		Discovery derrick shortly before it is removed from the well site.
23 of 124 		Aerial view of Redwater at the beginning of the oil boom
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Aerial view of Redwater after 1949
25 of 124 		Honeybourne and Co. General Merchant, the first store in Redwater
26 of 124 		Redwater train station
27 of 124 		Main street - Redwater. Looking south towards the R.R., from the old post office.
28 of 124 		The white building, center, is Boston's store and the black building at left is the blacksmith shop.
29 of 124 		A view of Redwater in 1948
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House and attached post office, built by Charlie Honeybourne in 1920.
31 of 124 		Post Office attached to Henry Arthur Walker's house.
32 of 124 		By 1951 Redwater's post office was housed in a building of it's own.
33 of 124 		Deric Theatre billboard in front of the Post Office. The name of the theatre reflects the oil boom.
34 of 124 		A Blacksmith Shop in Redwater, the last of its kind. The tools were sold by auction in 1973.
35 of 124 		Redwater 1949
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