derrick
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“Oil Creek between Titusville and Oil City,” taken in 1860, possibly by John Mather, shows one derrick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
A giant wooden oil derrick serves as a central landmark in Taft, which finances its schools, fire department and police force with oil revenues.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
First cranes, then the drilling derrick and finally the accommodation modules fell into the sea.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025
The oil derrick logo team founder Bud Adams brought with him to Tennessee in 1997 was at midfield with the Oilers’ nickname in both end zones and decorated the walls along the field.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023
Using some channel iron found behind the machine shop, we built what looked like a miniature oil derrick and placed it over the scale as a brace for a tube that held the rocket.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
But the central region of Magway hosts a hardscrabble industry of domestic prospectors manning grimy derricks that squelch up crude oil in humble quantities.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
A picture taken by him 10 years later in Titusville shows a field littered with derricks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
“We must and will do it all — from oil derricks on our Coast to solar panels in the Delta,” Reeves said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
In Echo Park, the area surrounding Vista Hermosa Park, once a sprawling assemblage of oil derricks, has drastically changed over the last century.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
In one segment, oil derricks stood below a flooded landscape, water engulfing a city.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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