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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 44 		Rigging up Imperial #4
2 of 44 		Unknown oil worker atop Imperial #1
3 of 44 		The wildcat crew who brought in the Discovery Well in 1948
4 of 44 		Wildcat crew at work on Redwater #1 The Discovery Well
5 of 44 		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).
7 of 44 		Oil workers on the platform floor of a drilling rig at Redwater, AB.
8 of 44 		Burning pits at the Discovery Well Redwater #1
9 of 44 		Hilton Cook, his son Maurice Cook and H.H. Hewetson, Pres. of Imperial Oil.
10 of 44 		Drilling for oil in the town of Redwater.
11 of 44 		Discovery derrick shortly before it is removed from the well site.
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A view of Redwater in 1948
13 of 44 		A Blacksmith Shop in Redwater, the last of its kind. The tools were sold by auction in 1973.
14 of 44 		Redwater 1949
15 of 44 		One of two huge warehouses built in Redwater during boom time.
16 of 44 		Helen Stetsko, Fin Lineham, Carrie Lineham, and Maurice Cook at the Discovery Derrick in Redwater.
17 of 44 		View of the tank farm situated along the tracks. Purchased from Peter Pasemko.
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