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Edwin Laurentine Drake

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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 2007 ... Read more
Edwin Drake
Edwin Drake Though he drilled only three oil wells in his lifetime, Edwin Drake (1819-1880) is known as the "Father of the...launched the large-scale petroleum industry. Edwin Laurentine Drake, born on March 11, 1819, in Greenville County... Read more

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; ...former railroad conductor named Edwin Laurentine Drake made famous around the globe. That...diversify) _ and Titusville, where Drake drilled his first well. Today Emlenton...the oil boom. Sparked in 1859 by Drake's discovery of oil near Titusville... Read more
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; ...French National Assembly, 1789; Algiers, then a refuge for Barbary pirates, was bombarded by Lord Exmouth, 1816; Edwin Laurentine Drake was the first in the US to strike oil - at Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1859; the interior of the Metropolitan Opera... Read more
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; ...Tytler at Edinburgh, 1784; the Declaration of the Rights of Man was adopted by the French National Assembly, 1789; Edwin Laurentine Drake was the first in the United States to strike oil, at Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1859; the interior of the Metropolitan... Read more

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