Edwin Laurentine Drake
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Edwin Laurentine Drake 1819-80, American oil well driller, b. Greene co., N.Y. In 1858 he was employed to conduct drilling operations and on Aug. 27, 1859, he struck oil near Titusville, Pa., at a depth of 69 ft (21.1 m). Drake's was the first producing oil well in the United States.
Author not available, DRAKE, EDWIN LAURENTINE.,
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press
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