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Artifact

Hand-Pumped Well, Ecuador

Description

  • A group of six local workers push down on a crossbar in order to work a walking beam which is connected to pumping equipment inside an oil well. 

Background Information

  • Part of a photograph collection belonging to Frederick Thomas Webb who worked in South America in the late 1920s. 

Map Location

Latitude: 2° 11' 15" S
Longitude: 80° 33' 46.638" W

Date

Late 1920s

Dimensions

inches
Length:
3.8
Height:
3.0

Events, Places, People

  • Fred Webb

  • Ecuador

Originating Location

South America›Ecuador

Subject

  • A photo of six men pushing down on a wooden crossbar supported by a wooden frame. There is a wooden four-pole structure behind them and a bush to the right.

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