The Drake Well is a 69.5-foot-deep (21.2 m) oil well in Cherrytree Township, Pennsylvania, the success of which sparked the first oil boom in the United States. The well is the centerpiece of the Drake Well Museum located 3 miles (5 km) south of Titusville.
Replica engine house and derrick in June 2012
Drake (right) in front of the well
Recirculated petroleum is pumped from the well by a replica steam engine
Cherrytree Township, Pennsylvania
Cherrytree Township is a township in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,305 at the 2020 census, a decrease from 1,973 in 2010. It is part of Titusville.
This 1882 bridge over Oil Creek is on the National Register of Historic Places