Boiler explosion aftermath
Dublin Core
Title
Boiler explosion aftermath
Subject
Coalinga (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Oil fields -- California -- Coalinga -- Photographs.
Description
On June 19, 1940 there was a boiler explosion hurtling a five tone fire box a quarter of a mile through the air from the Standard well No. 22-17F in the Coalinga Nose field to the Robert S. Lytle Operator well No. 88-18F. Luckily there was only one person slightly injured.
Source
1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4.5 in.
Publisher
San Joaquin Valley Library System
Date
1940
Contributor
Coalinga-Huron District Library
Rights
For more information about acquiring copies of these images (in photographic and/or digital form), please contact the R. C. Baker Memorial Museum, Inc., Helen Cowan, Curator, 297 West Elm, Coalinga, CA 93210; (559) 935-1914
Relation
R. C. Baker Memorial Museum, Inc.
Format
image/jpeg
Language
en
Type
Image
Identifier
cob0167
Coverage
1940
Files
Collection
Citation
“Boiler explosion aftermath,” San Joaquin Valley Library System Digital Collections, accessed December 26, 2024, http://digital.sjvls.org/document/397.