Derrick Collection

Derrick Floor of an oil rig, Iran
Derrick Floor of an oil drilling rig, Iran

Oil Well at Chillingar, Iran. One of Irans largest oil fields, Chilingar was named after George V. Chilingar, one of the best-known petroleum geologists in the world

Gas Blow-out - Bolivia
Gas blow-out - Bolivia - the Yacimentos oilfield region Date: circa 1910s

Oil Field, Humble, Texas nr Houston USA - Mule-pulled tanker. Date: 1907

State of Oklahoma, USA - Worlds Largest oil Gusher, producing 50, 000 barrels of il a day. Date: circa 1940

Alberta. Canada - Peace River oil well derrick and construction crew - circa 1910. Date: circa 1910

Trinidad Oilfield, West Indies Date: 1910s

Romania - Bustenari - Oil Rigs Date: circa 1908

Myanmar - Oil Fields at Yenangyaung
Oil Fields at Yenangyaung (which has a literal translation as: " stream of oil" ), a city in Magway Division, Myanmar, on the Irrawaddy River. Date: circa 1909

The dancers June Jourdon and Derrick Waterlow, London, 1923. Jourdon appeared in The Golden Moth at the Adelphi Theatre and Waterlow will appear in a West End production Date: 1923

HMS Pegasus alongside HMS Marlborough recovering seaplane
HMS Pegasus alongside HMS Marlborough recovering her seaplane (detailed on this card as " Her small child" !). HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy

HMS Marlborough - Lowering a 13. 5 inch shell into shell room
HMS Marlborough - Carefully lowering a 13.5 inch shell into the shell room. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill

HMS Marlborough - 13. 5 inch shell being hoisted aboard
HMS Marlborough - 13.5 inch shell being hoisted aboard. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

HMS Marlborough - Admirals Barge on the Main Derrick
HMS Marlborough - Getting out the Admirals Barge on the Main Derrick (port side). HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill

Drilling an Oil Well - Boring by Turbine. Liquid mud is pumped at high pressure through a non-revolving pipe to a turbo drill (shown in the inset enlargement) at the bottom of the well

View of Downtown Kilgore, Texas, USA, with oil derricks. Date: 1940s

Group photo of scout leaders, Fiji, South Pacific
Group photo of scout leaders and others during a camping trip, Fiji, South Pacific. Date: 1948

Romania - Fire in Moreni
Moreni - a town in Dambovita County, Romania, located about 100 km north-west of Bucharest. This postcard shows an oil fire which raged for about 6 weeks in September/October 1925

Derrick Baron Rossmore
DERRICK WARNER WILLIAM WESTENRA, fifth baron ROSSMORE soldier and sportsman, master of the Pytchley hunt, wrote his memoirs. Date: 1853 - 1921

Bustenari Oilfield, Romania
Bustenari Oilfield, Prahova County, Romania. Date: circa 1905

Moreni, Romania - Oil Wells at night. Date: 1929

Activity at oil well; man on lengths of traveling block will be pulled up to the crown block at top of derrick, Kilgore, Texas. Date 1939 Apr

Romania - National Exhibition of 1906 (16 / 16)
Romania - National Exhibition of 1906 - Drilling Derrick exhibit Date: 1906

Romania - National Exhibition of 1906 (13 / 16)
Romania - National Exhibition of 1906 - Bucharest - Drilling Derrick Exhibit Date: 1906

Oil derricks at Binagadi, north of Baku, Armenia, WW1
Oil derricks at Binagadi, north of Baku, Armenia, towards the end of the First World War. August 1918

Quarrying Machinery
Steam derrick for raising stone from deep quarries Mount Sorrel granite Company, Leicestershire

Industry / Oil
Crude oil jets from a derrick in Baku, Russia

Samuel Derrick
SAMUEL DERRICK Poet, and Master of Ceremonies at Bath

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