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Oil Workers Monument Taft Ca.

Oil Workers Monument at 6th Street and Supply Row, Taft, Ca. Consisting of a 30-to-40-foot-tall derrick and larger-than-life bronze sculptures of petroleum pioneers in brawny work poses.

 

Sculptor Benjamin Victor a Taft native produced this world class bronze monument. The 1910 era cable tool rig and equipment was fabricated by Warren Sauer and his employees at L E Sauer Machine Company in St Louis MO.

Much authentication done by Fred Holmes, Taft Oilman.

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Uploaded on January 3, 2012
Taken on January 3, 2012