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[News Clip: Blazing oil well is extinguished]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an oil well fire in the East Texas town of Hawkins. Firemen manage to extinguish the blaze after nearly a day.
Date: October 25, 1955
Duration: 3 minutes
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Well-Shooting Torpedo.

Description: Patent for "torpedoes of the type used in "shooting" wells, the object being to provide a torpedo which will be especially useful in the removal of casings from wells" (lines 9-13), such as easier removal from dry wells. Also, modifications to the hammer are noted to ensure explosion.
Date: June 25, 1918
Creator: Franklin, Henry L.
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Drill Head For Oil Wells

Description: Patent for Drill Head for oil wells, one object of the invention is to provide a drill head having the capacity to drill through strata of soft formation as may exist between rock layers and in broken formations of clay and boulders, as well as through rock formations themselves, the said drilling head being provided with roller bits or cutters and also with a fish tail cutter.
Date: October 25, 1921
Creator: Sorensen, Sam
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Casing Spear

Description: Patent for casing spears. This invention is designed for pulling well tubes or casings that have broken off out of the well. Illustration included.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Carroll, Monroe W. & Johnston, H. G.
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