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Cable Tool Rig

Arlington, Tarrant County

Marker Text

Drilled the early deep oil wells in Texas. Derrick here is exact replica and has same rigging and tools used in 1920 to drill the Crowley No. 1, a 250-barrel producer at 3500 feet--one of deepest wells up to the time. It was near Breckenridge, in one of great fields in oil empire of Texas. (1966)

Marker Details

Address 2201 Six Flags Rd., Inside Six Flags Over Texas
Location Description Six Flags over Texas, Boom Town, 2201 Road to Six Flags, Arlington.
Marker # 618
Dedicated 1966
Size, Type 20" x 20"
Code oil/petroleum topics
Latitude, Longitude 32.757844, -97.067681

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