Oil Field Worker - Corsicana, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 32° 05.559 W 096° 27.791
14S E 739409 N 3553522
Life size statue of a man on the corner of S. Beaton Street and 6th Ave in Historic Downtown Corsicana.
Waymark Code: WMXKN8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/25/2018
Views: 1
Marker Text:
THIS SCULPTURE OF AN OIL FIELD WORKER IS A TRIBUTE TO ALL THE MEN WHO ESTABLISHED THE OIL INDUSTRY FOR TEXAS BY DISCOVERING OIL IN CORSICANA I 1894.
The stature is of a man in overalls and a shirt with the sleeves rolled up. He is wearing a hat. In his right hand he is carrying a pail and in his left he hold the handle of a large pipe wrench laying on his left shoulder. He appears to be in mid-stride.
Sector of the workforce: Oil Field Worker
Created or Donated by which group: artist - Lisa Perry
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