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Artifact

Oil Well Fire, Iraq

Description

  • Smoke billows from an oil well which has caught fire at the Naft Khana oil field in Iraq. This will likely be detrimental to this well. 
  • Three steam boilers sit in the foreground waiting for use. 

Background Information

  • Part of a photograph collection belonging to Ernest Kells who worked in Persia (modern Iran) in the 1920s. 

Map Location

Latitude: 34° 22' 29.719" N
Longitude: 45° 22' 57.846" E

Date

1923

Dimensions

inches
Length:
2.6
Height:
4.2

Events, Places, People

  • Ernest Kells
  • Iraq

Originating Location

AsiaIraq

Subject