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L'artefact

Yenangyaung Oil Field, Myanmar

Description

  • Dozens of oil derricks fill the landscape of the Yenangyaung oil field in Burma (modern Myanmar). 
  • Several workers walk throughout the picture, and a large group is gathered in the centre, left-hand corner amidst a pile of casing. 
  • A bridge leads across a low point in the field. 
  • Several steam boilers with tall stacks, and cylindrical storage tanks are visible next to 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° 28' 20.636" N
Longitude: 94° 52' 55.25" E

la date

Unknown

Dimensions

pouces
Longueur:
11.0
Hauteur:
8.2

Événements, lieux, personnes

  • Yenangyaung, Myanmar

Lieu d'origine

Asie›Myanmar

Le Sujet

  • Close to thirty oil derricks with four poles each. There is a bridge leading across a low point in the oil field and several men are walking along the road. There are buildings behind the front row of derricks and a large groups of people are gathered near a pile of casing.

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