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UN-OFFICIAL SITE FOR THE: |
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Crude Oil Production Display at the Wood County Museum in Bowling Green, Ohio
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The first diplay of oil related equipment was begun at a spring show in 1995. By 1996 an actual "operating power house" had been constructed. Plans were made the following year to erect the steam-powered drilling derrick, with construction completed in 1999. |
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Please visit all the items on this page. Click on the Map and see how easy we are to find. Press the Button below to go to the Museum's Site. |
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20 Hp. Ajax Engine |
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88 Foot High Derrick |
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30 Horse Power Boiler |
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Setting the Walking Beam |
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Setting the Smoke Stack |
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16 Hp. Jones Engine Belted to the Push-Pull Power |
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Here you see some of the details of the Push-Pull power |
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One of the two Pump Jacks |
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Working end of Push-Pull |
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The push-pull power was replaced in 2002 with a 16' wooden bandwheel. The bandwheel, as with most of the other equipment on display at the site, were used on oil-lease's located in the Northwest Ohio, oil-fields. |
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30 and 100 barrel oil tanks
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The oil display was first started in 1995 with the set-up of a 16 Hp. Jones and a Push-Pull power for an annual spring show at the historical center. Both of these items were originally used on oil leases with-in 15 miles of the museum itself.
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