[Potrero del Llano No. 4 burning]
Rating
Title
[Potrero del Llano No . 4 burning]
Creator
Unknown
Date
ca. 1914-1915
Date (EDTF)
1914~/1915~
Decade
1910-1919
Part Of
Manning Texas and Mexico collection
Page Number
p . 01
Place
Tuxpan , Veracruz state , Mexico
Description
An image of the huge plume of smoke rising from Potrero del Llano No . 4 . The well's concrete cap , constructed in part to prevent fire , is visible at the bottom of the plume . 'Much to the surprise of experts the great well , although in the center of the conflagration , did not add its huge flow of oil to the blaze . The concrete cap withstood the intense heat and protected the main quantity of oil. ' Source : A. G . Fasbinder , 'A Fire that Burned Four Months, ' Popular Science Monthly 88 (1916) : 5 .
Notes
Mounted on an album page with four other photographs .
Authorized Subject Terms
Petroleum--Prospecting Oil wells--Fires and fire prevention Disasters Oil fields Potrero del Llano
Keywords
Golden Lane oil fields ; oil exploration
Physical Description
1 photographic print : black and white ; 8 x 14 cm on 25 x 34 cm mount
Form/Genre
Photographs Photographic prints
Digital Resource Type
Image
Digitization Date
Digitized: 2012
Digital Format
Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg
Archival File Resolution
Archival scan : 6606 w x 4050 h pixels , 48-bit RGB
Digitization Process
Digitization process: Scanned using an Epson 10000 as 1200 ppi, 48-bit, RGB, .tif; service master cropped and optimized using exposure adjustments; derivative resampled to 3000 pixels on the long edge, 24-bit .jpg
Box/Folder Number
Folder 2, Oil Album
Call Number
Ag1981.0004
Upload File Name
ag1981_0004_2_01c_sm_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
ag1981_0004_2_01.tif ; ag1981_0004_2_01c_sm.tif
Digital Collection
Mexico: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
Central University Libraries , Southern Methodist University
Rights
Please cite DeGolyer Library , Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the https://sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information , contact degolyer@smu.edu.
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