Oldest Oil Producing Well
Posted by: 
Gosffo
N 41° 27.541 W 079° 41.401
17T E 609404 N 4590542
12 barrels a month, that is if you turn on the pumps! Then the brine water has to be taken care of because the well pumps more brine than oil!
Waymark Code: WM3WFX
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 05/26/2008
Views: 41
Marker Text:
McClintock No. 1 Oil Well has produced continuously since August, 1861. Drilled only two years after the famous Drake Well, it is located 240 yards away, across the railroad.
Marker Name: Oldest Oil Producing Well
County: Venango
Date Dedicated: 08/05/1958
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Pa. 8 just S of Rouseville
Category: Business & Industry, Oil
Website: [Web Link]
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