The Technology Display

The photos here show the technology that made Petrolia famous - the drilling rigs, the three-pole derricks, the enormous Fitzgerald Rig and the wooden jerker lines. Also shown are the later town developments and the great fires which the dedicated fire department fought with primitive equipment.

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l Imperial Oil Display l Boom Town Display l Technology Display
l Petrolia's Foreign Drillers l Gum Bed l Cribbed Well
l Spring Pole l Canadian Rig l Drilling/Fishing Tools
l The Fairbank Well l Holding/Separating Tanks l Field Wheel
l The Fritzgerald Rig l Brine Disposal Well