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Moorhead Cable Tool Rig

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Pioneer Park, Tommy Thompson Rd., Kermit, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 51' 23.05604999988", -103° 4' 44.0245400016"
 
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     Last wooden oil derrick in U.S. to retire from daily use. Drilled Moorhead No. 1 well on Chapman-McAlvane lease, Loving County. Has bull wheels and rig irons of type not made since 1920s. However, in its day it made deep drilling possible. Pump was steam-driven until 1942, when 4-cylinder gasoline engine began to run the Yo-Yo wheels and walking beam. Well was put on electric pump, 1966. Given by R. O. Moorhead to city of Kermit, as a Permian Basin oil empire history exhibit, rig was moved 35 miles to this site without being dismantled. (1966)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Moorhead Cable Tool Rig Historical Marker Location Map, Kermit, Texas