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Home Search My WebLink About 11 men standing on the base of an oil derrick A lone well located at #34CTalbert lease, Pacific Supply Cooperative Talbert #4 well. Sign on fence reads: Talbert 4 Pacific Cooperative 520 Atlanta Huntington Beach, It is powered by an electric motor.A monument plaque was placed at the site of the first oil well in Huntington Beach during a dedication in 1960. The engine and belt house are on the right. The plaque was later moved to Discovery Park.A typical larger oil well pumper in downtown.A well blew during an abandonment procedure, while the crew was on a lunch break. It blew salt water and sand, but it was still a big job to clean the surrounding trailers.Abandoned Oil well in the middle of a field.Aerials, oil fields, oil tanks At an abandoned oil well, they are using a drag line to dig up old pipe and cable from a sump hole. Note old MacFarland truck on left with 1942 license plate. This photo appeared in the Huntington Beach News February 22, 1945 Bolsa #3. Oscar Stricklin, later to become Superintendent of Construction for Standard Oil, began his forty-year career as a rig builder working on this well. Photo courtest of Ray "Pete" Stricklin, son of Oscar Both the older wooden derricks and the new steel derricks Brush fire near an oil derrick Brush fire near an oil derrick (4)Brush fire near an oil derrick (5)Brush fire near an oil derrick (6)Building in lower right corner is Pacific Oilcloth and Lilnoleum factory co-owned by T. B. Talbert and J.K. McDonald Cather & Cree Oil Co, Sheffield No 1 well, stripper well from the old oil boom during the 50s Cather and Cree Oil Co, Connell-Dowd No 1 Well drilled in the 1950s during the second oil boom.Christmas 1948. Oil derricks and pumpers were decorated with Santa and Reindeers, snow and trees.Cleaning up an old wooden derrick. Logs were cut to fall to the ground in designated patterns.Color photo of oil pumps along PCH Color photo of several oil pumpers without derricks Company housing for early Standard Oil Workers Could be a Standard Oil Lease Damage caused by an oil well getting out of control, known as a blow out. Photo courtesy of Dale and Debbie Putnam Derricks, Oil wells, PCH, vintage cars Derricks, vintage cars, cloud formation, oil rigs Digging a well and dropping pipe on the beach Discovery Park, monument Discovery Well Park Monument marker Drilling gang for the West American Oil Company that drilled the Brook's Ease Wells 1 through 5 and Anaheim Sugar among many other wells around Huntington Beach. This photo courtest of Dale and Debbie Putnam.Drilling gang for the West American Oil Company that drilled the Brook's Ease Wells 1 through 5 and Anaheim Sugar among many other wells around Huntington Beach. This photo courtest of Dale and Debbie Putnam. (3)First offshore oil rig in Huntington Beach Four photos showing a gusher from different angles - 2 of 2 Four photos showing a gusher from different angles, 1 of 2 HB Ranch oil field, Photo courtesy of Tom Grubbe Historical information, dedication ceremony program, and newspaper article about the dedication of Discovery Park, article on Oilmen Orville Hanson and Ted St Clair Historical information, dedication ceremony program, and newspaper article about the dedication of Discovery Park, article on Oilmen Orville Hanson and Ted St Clair (10)Historical information, dedication ceremony program, and newspaper article about the dedication of Discovery Park, article on Oilmen Orville Hanson and Ted St Clair (11)Historical information, dedication ceremony program, and newspaper article about the dedication of Discovery Park, article on Oilmen Orville Hanson and Ted St Clair (7)Historical information, dedication ceremony program, and newspaper article about the dedication of Discovery Park, article on Oilmen Orville Hanson and Ted St Clair (8)Historical information, dedication ceremony program, and newspaper article about the dedication of Discovery Park, article on Oilmen Orville Hanson and Ted St Clair (9)Homes were bought and demolished to build these two oil tanks in the downtown area.Huntington Beach Oil field showing a forest of wooden derricks Huntington Beach oil well next to residence.Lighted oil field Miss Huntington Beach stands on an oil rig with a steel derrick in background Miss Huntington Beach stands on an oil rig with a steel derrick in background (3)Oil Field Oil Fire that lit the sky for miles, newspaper article by Jerry Person Oil Fire that lit the sky for miles, newspaper article by Jerry Person (3)Oil rigs, downtown area Oil Well #1 on Edwards Hill Photo showing damage to an oil rig, and several wooden derricks and tanks in background.Photo shows a forest of both steel and wooden derricks.Poor photo quality of bathers on the beach, vintage cars and oil derricks in the background Pulling a well (cleaning)Pulling a well (cleaning) (3)Repairing or capping a well Reservoir Hill oil field Showing lighted rigs during second oil boom of the 50s Signal Oil and Gas Company's $3 million dollar permanent Emmy drilling platform offshore Tidelands, Huntington Beach Small panorama photo Southwest Exploration Company along PCH Southwest Exploration wooden fence and derricks Standard Oil Company Steel derricks and a line of pumpers, with not a car in sight.The double row of palm trees lines what is now Palm Ave; an elementary school was built on the vacant lot at the top of the photo. Wooden derricks were used in the oil boom of the 1920s, the small well in the foreground is a water well.The refinery was owned by the Holly Sugar Company and was located on the site of the Holly Sugar factory. Many wooden derricks in background.The storms of 1983 destroyed this offshore oil platform of Esther Island This marker was originally at the site of the first oil strike, but was moved to Discovery Park Two photos of a downtown well and tank. Photo 1 shows the corner of a house, photo 2 has an address of 223, but the street is unknown.Washed out remains of old, narrow pier without railings Well #2, vintage cars Wooden Derricks