Title

Titusville

Caption

Titusville, Pennsylvania, The Drake Well Museum and Park, where in 1859 Edwin Drake drilled a successful oil well and launched the modern oil industry. A standard steel drilling rig from 1920 is on display

Date

Sep 29, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER

Reference

BRK23D50_291

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55.1Mb (3.2Mb) / 17.9in x 11.9in / 5376 x 3584 (300dpi)

Keywords

1920s America American attraction contemporary culture deserted display ecocide energy politic energy source environment environmental damage environmental issue environmental pollution environmental pollution fossil energy source gardens historic industrial industry modern museum North America offshore oil industry oil rig Pennsylvania polluting power generation power industry power supply production platform Standard steel success successful tourist attraction turn of the century US-American USA