PPT-Spindletop
Author : karlyn-bohler | Published Date : 2017-04-30
Spindletop History Located on land south of Beaumont BrickMaking Businessman Pattillo Higgins bought land on Spindletop Hill Early efforts drilling for Oil failed
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Spindletop History Located on land south of Beaumont BrickMaking Businessman Pattillo Higgins bought land on Spindletop Hill Early efforts drilling for Oil failed In time Higgins hires Anthony Lucas to help develop the field. Search for Oil. The demand for oil had risen dramatically after scientists had developed kerosene in the mid-1800. ’. s. .. 19. th. Century – oil was found, but there was little demand for it. Petroleum is a dark thick liquid fossil fuel. 1. WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD TITLE FOR THIS PHOTOGRAPH?. 2. WRITE A QUESTION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANSWERED ABOUT THIS PHOTOGRAPH.. Spindle Top in 1902. A forest of derricks, the might of America, erected around the original Lucas well.. . In the 1600s and 1700s,. . Spaniards. . used . oil to fix the leaks in their boats.. . In the 1800s farmers complained that oil ruined their crops.. . Railroads. . used oil for fuel in the 1880s.. The Birth of the Oil Industry. Oil Becomes an Industry. Railroads began using oil for fuel in the 1880. ’. s and demand increased.. Most people thought that you could only find oil in the Northeast. .
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