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When Oil Hit Redwater
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The Discovery Well on the Cook family farm during harvest 1948
1 of 86 		Christina Cook
2 of 86 		Thar she blows. A blast of dirt from a seismic test shot near Redwater.
3 of 86 		Seismic drill, at work near Redwater
4 of 86 		Seismograph van used in the Redwater area circa 1948
5 of 86 		Transporting a derrick using two trucks, just southwest of Redwater.
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Fin Lineham with his pet dog Teddy in the Imperial Oil truck at Redwater, Alberta,
7 of 86 		Rigging up Imperial #4
8 of 86 		Unknown oil worker atop Imperial #1
9 of 86 		The wildcat crew who brought in the Discovery Well in 1948
10 of 86 		Wildcat crew at work on Redwater #1 The Discovery Well
11 of 86 		A close up view of the discovery derrick Redwater #1
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Imperial Redwater #1. Picture was taken on the third day of drilling (July 25, 1948).
13 of 86 		Oil workers on the platform floor of a drilling rig at Redwater, AB.
14 of 86 		Burning pits at the Discovery Well Redwater #1
15 of 86 		Hilton Cook, his son Maurice Cook and H.H. Hewetson, Pres. of Imperial Oil.
16 of 86 		Drilling for oil in the town of Redwater.
17 of 86 		Imperial Esso Geological Department in Emile Royer's Chicken Coop in Redwater, AB.
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