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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 130 		Home owned by Sam and Amelia Cook on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River
2 of 130 		Christina Cook
3 of 130 		Hilton Cook
4 of 130 		Jud and Mable Cook on their wedding day.
5 of 130 		Jud and Mable Cook while Jud served in World War II
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Jud and Mable Cook celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary
7 of 130 		Seismic drill, at work near Redwater
8 of 130 		Rigging up Imperial #4
9 of 130 		Unknown oil worker atop Imperial #1
10 of 130 		The wildcat crew who brought in the Discovery Well in 1948
11 of 130 		Wildcat crew at work on Redwater #1 The Discovery Well
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A close up view of the discovery derrick Redwater #1
13 of 130 		Imperial Redwater #1. Picture was taken on the third day of drilling (July 25, 1948).
14 of 130 		Oil workers on the platform floor of a drilling rig at Redwater, AB.
15 of 130 		Burning pits at the Discovery Well Redwater #1
16 of 130 		Hilton Cook, his son Maurice Cook and H.H. Hewetson, Pres. of Imperial Oil.
17 of 130 		Drilling for oil in the town of Redwater.
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