![]() 27, 1859, the method proved successful when his driller struck oil 69.5 feet below ground. Drake and the Early Oil Industry" will be published this year.ĭrake's genius was to drive pipe into the ground so debris wouldn't clog the drill hole. "As they say, sometimes the good we do benefits others and not ourselves, because he certainly benefited others from his work," said William Brice, a University of Pittsburgh emeritus professor, author of a book on Drake and the early oil industry. The reaffirmed the right of the federal gov. In his later years, he relied on the good will of friends and a state pension given late in life to recognize the millions of dollars in tax revenue Pennsylvania made thanks to his drilling method. Only after successfully used a steam engine to drill oil did removing oil from below the earth's surface become practical. Drake 4.Henry Olds 5.Wilbur and Orville Wright 6.Thomas. TITUSVILLE - The oil boom that began 150 years ago in this small northwestern Pennsylvania town changed the world and made countless people rich, but not the man who found the way to successfully extract black gold from the earth.Įdwin Laurentine Drake died an invalid, confined to a wheelchair and virtually penniless. The vocabulary word that means a part or ingredient is called. Drake sunk the very first commercial well. ![]() ![]() Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Happy 150th, Oil So Long, and Thanks for Modern Civilization.
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