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An inset photograph of a worker in a hat and overalls emptying a container into a large metal cylinder. Several other workers, surrounded by large machinery, are observing. The larger photograph shows a group of workers, women and children watching a gush
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An inset photograph of a worker in a hat and overalls emptying a container into a large metal cylinder. Several other workers, surrounded by large machinery, are observing. The larger photograph shows a group of workers, women and children watching a gusher exploding from a tall derrick.

Credit: The Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views (inset :NYPG91-F314 036f; background: NYPG91-F314 035f) Courtesy of the New York Public Library

Workers fill a torpedo shell with nitroglycerin prior to "shooting" the well (inset photo). The results of the charge can be seen in the larger photo. Note the women and children in the foreground; often townspeople would turn out to view the spectacle.

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