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Marfa, Texas

Famous Fort Worth Spudder. I believe its fame comes from being the first portable drilling rig in the United States. Early portable oil field percussion drilling rigs were called spudders. Manufacted by The Fort Worth Well Machinery and Supply Company. This decaying and apparently abandoned spudder was probably built between 1923-1930s.

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Uploaded on September 5, 2024
Taken on June 9, 2015