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Artifact
National Rig
Description
- Engine and mechanical equipment inside a National rig in South America
- The equipment is used to run the drawworks of the rig.
- The engine weighed 10 tonnes and had no starter.
- In order to start up the engine, oil was poured into the four fuel petcocks (light-coloured tubes). A worker would wrap a rope around the large wheel and attach one end to the back of a nearby car. The car would take off, pulling the rope and spinning the wheel which would fire up the engine.
Background Information
- Part of a photographic collection belonging to George Rawlings who drilled for oil in Africa and South America from 1910 to 1932.
Date
Prior to 1932
Dimensions
inches
Length:
6.8
Height:
5.0
Events, Places, People
- George Rawlings
- South America
