Fire at Dammam Well No. 12 - Not more than 10 minutes after start of fire, derrick starting to topple down wind

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Title Fire at Dammam Well No. 12 - Not more than 10 minutes after start of fire, derrick starting to topple down wind
Photo Number p0561n02_04_02
Description Fire at Dammam Well No. 12, photo showing the condition, 10 minutes after start of fire, derrick starting to topple down wind, July 29, 1939; Dammam is the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, the most oil-rich region in the world
Date 1939-07-29
Textual Date July 29, 1939
Keywords Oil well fires; Smoke; Oil well drilling rigs; Oil derricks
Subject Dammām (Saudi Arabia)--Photographs; Fire--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Dammam (Saudi Arabia)
Additional Information The photographs in the Wallace Earle Stegner Photograph Collection include portraits of Wallace Stegner, his wife Mary Page Stegner, their son Stuart Page Stegner, and one of his good friends, the writer Bernard DeVoto, as well as various photographs from trips he took that include Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Germany, Italy, and Asia.
Collection Number and Name P0561 Wallace Stegner Photograph Collection
Collection Name Wallace Stegner
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Type Image
Finding Aid http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35256/
Digitization Specifications Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, 24-bit color at 400 ppi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF.
ARK ark:/87278/s6tj0389
Setname uum_map
ID 994509
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tj0389
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