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L'artefact

Yenangyaung Oil Field, Myanmar

Description

  • Dozens of oil derricks cover the landscape at the Yenangyaung oil field in Burma (modern Myanmar). 

  • A group of local oil workers pose on a wooden footbridge leading through the field. 

  • Piles of casing, steam boilers, and cylindrical storage tanks are visible next to many of the derricks. 

Informations d'arrière-plan

  • Many International Drillers worked at the Yenangyaung Oil Field in Burma (modern Myanmar), including William Gillespie, and Arthur Brown who played a role in destroying the field during the Second World War. 

  • Watch footage of the Yenangyaung Oil Field being destroyed during the Second World War at the British Pathé Website (opens a new window). 

Localisation de la carte

Latitude: 20° 27' 48.294" N
Longitude: 94° 52' 45.372" E

la date

ca. 1900

Dimensions

pouces
Longueur:
8.0
Hauteur:
6.0

Événements, lieux, personnes

  • Yenangyaung, Myanmar

Lieu d'origine

Asie›Myanmar

Le Sujet

  • A field full of four-poled oil derricks. There is a group of people standing on a wooden footbridge that leads across a valley in the field. Casing, steam boilers, and cylindrical storage tanks are visible next to many of the derricks.

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