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When Oil Hit Redwater
Location: Redwater, Alberta, Canada

 
The wildcat crew who brought in the Discovery Well in 1948
19 of 162 		Wildcat crew at work on Redwater #1 The Discovery Well
20 of 162 		A close up view of the discovery derrick Redwater #1
21 of 162 		Imperial Redwater #1. Picture was taken on the third day of drilling (July 25, 1948).
22 of 162 		Oil workers on the platform floor of a drilling rig at Redwater, AB.
23 of 162 		Burning pits at the Discovery Well Redwater #1
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Hilton Cook, his son Maurice Cook and H.H. Hewetson, Pres. of Imperial Oil.
25 of 162 		Drilling for oil in the town of Redwater.
26 of 162 		Imperial Esso Geological Department in Emile Royer's Chicken Coop in Redwater, AB.
27 of 162 		Aubrey Kerr stands beside the chicken coop offices used by Imperial at the beginning of the oil boom
28 of 162 		Author Aubrey Kerr, author of the book Redwater, at a book signing in Redwater.
29 of 162 		Flare pit burning off excess gas and crude oil.
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Discovery derrick shortly before it is removed from the well site.
31 of 162 		Reports of largest oil field in North America
32 of 162 		Aerial view of Redwater at the beginning of the oil boom
33 of 162 		Aerial view of Redwater after 1949
34 of 162 		Honeybourne and Co. General Merchant, the first store in Redwater
35 of 162 		Redwater train station
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