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
For Anderson’s 2007 mad epic, he walked ranches around Marfa, Texas, before deciding on the knoll where the 90-foot oil derrick would go.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
Atop these, on railcar wheels or “trucks,” they erected a “traveler,” a giant derrick consisting of three tall towers spanned at the top by a platform.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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
This is the first and last time they will appear this carefree, dancing against a wide-open landscape that will soon be dotted with oil derricks, looming emblems of America’s industrial and capitalist boom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
Offshore wind advocates point out that oil derricks are also threatened by hurricanes, and most of the nation’s wind projects have so far held up to powerful storms.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
They were hoisted out of the boats with derricks and windlasses built by the carpenters and put into waiting carts that carried them through the town to the site.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
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