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3 results for “oil history”
- ArticleHistory, Business & Technology
The Well That Changed the World at 69 Feet
On August 27, 1859, Edwin Drake's drill stopped at 69.5 feet. A cast-iron pipe had solved the real problem and helped launch the modern oil industry.
- ArticleEast Texas History & Safety
The East Texas Disaster That Gave Gas a Warning Smell
The 1937 New London school disaster led Texas to authorize natural-gas odorization, giving future leaks a warning people could smell before ignition.
- ArticleReflection
One skillet, one Sunday
Every kid should leave home with one dish that is theirs. The cast iron chicken and potatoes recipe written out step by step, plus how to teach it by age.