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When Oil Hit Redwater

 
Rigging up Imperial #4
19 of 172 		Unknown oil worker atop Imperial #1
20 of 172 		The wildcat crew who brought in the Discovery Well in 1948
21 of 172 		Wildcat crew at work on Redwater #1 The Discovery Well
22 of 172 		A close up view of the discovery derrick Redwater #1
23 of 172 		Imperial Redwater #1. Picture was taken on the third day of drilling (July 25, 1948).
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Oil workers on the platform floor of a drilling rig at Redwater, AB.
25 of 172 		Burning pits at the Discovery Well Redwater #1
26 of 172 		Hilton Cook, his son Maurice Cook and H.H. Hewetson, Pres. of Imperial Oil.
27 of 172 		Drilling for oil in the town of Redwater.
28 of 172 		Imperial Esso Geological Department in Emile Royer's Chicken Coop in Redwater, AB.
29 of 172 		Aubrey Kerr stands beside the chicken coop offices used by Imperial at the beginning of the oil boom
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Author Aubrey Kerr, author of the book Redwater, at a book signing in Redwater.
31 of 172 		Flare pit burning off excess gas and crude oil.
32 of 172 		Discovery derrick shortly before it is removed from the well site.
33 of 172 		Reports of largest oil field in North America
34 of 172 		Aerial view of Redwater at the beginning of the oil boom
35 of 172 		Aerial view of Redwater after 1949
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