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When Oil Hit Redwater
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Rigging up Imperial #4
1 of 27 		The wildcat crew who brought in the Discovery Well in 1948
2 of 27 		Wildcat crew at work on Redwater #1 The Discovery Well
3 of 27 		Oil workers on the platform floor of a drilling rig at Redwater, AB.
4 of 27 		Hilton Cook, his son Maurice Cook and H.H. Hewetson, Pres. of Imperial Oil.
5 of 27 		Author Aubrey Kerr, author of the book Redwater, at a book signing in Redwater.
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By 1951 Redwater's post office was housed in a building of it's own.
7 of 27 		Jim and Ann Evasiw handing out mail to waiting customers.
8 of 27 		View of new Redwater Royal Bank constructed in 1949
9 of 27 		The first hotel in Redwater that burned down in 1949.
10 of 27 		1949 view of Redwater.
11 of 27 		The Kenyon's oil town house being moved on the back of a truck
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Helen Stetsko, Fin Lineham, Carrie Lineham, and Maurice Cook at the Discovery Derrick in Redwater.
13 of 27 		Peter Pasemko with sons Paul and Victor
14 of 27 		Hobo Party The wives of the oil workers enjoyed a Hobo Party at the newly built Mess Deck
15 of 27 		Devitt's pouring cement for the new store
16 of 27 		Drilling Rig on Royalite Lease near Redwater, Alberta. Howard Devitt was part of this crew.
17 of 27 		A group of Redwater Children enjoying a Birthday Party.
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