Drake Well Museum
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The Drake Well Museum and Park is a museum in Cherrytree Township, Pennsylvania that chronicles the birth of the American oil industry in 1859 by Colonel Edwin Drake. The museum collects and preserves
Replica Drake Well engine house and derrick
View of well (drivepipe) from the interior of the engine house
Oil Creek State Park
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Oil Creek State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 6,250 acres in Cherrytree, Cornplanter and Oil Creek Townships, Venango County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is adjacent to Drake We
Drake Well Museum
…School Tours, and the Nitroglycerine Show. Visitor services include orientation film, guided tours, a museum store and more. Nearby attractions are Oil Creek State Park and the Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad. The State of Pennsylvania has spent US $8 million for renovation of the museum. The new permanent exhibit…
A historic recreation of a wooden oil derrick at Oil Creek State Park
Barges like this were filled with oil barrels and floated down Oil Creek.
An interpretative trail guides visitors past the remnants of the former oil boomtown of Petroleum Center.
Oil Creek in the park