KPC-PC-0366
Coastal Drilling Company at Swanson River oilfield, 1959
Coastal Drilling of Bakersfield, California was the first company to drill in the newly discovered Swanson River field, within the Kenai National Moose Range (now the Kenai Wildlife Refuge ). Over 3,000 miles north from home base was quite a shocker for these "roughnecks". Sterling was hardly a wide spot in the road while Soldotna was not much more. Soldotna had a bare essential grocery store.
Individuals
Collection
Cheechako News
Location
Swanson River, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Date
1959
Photographer
Cheechako file photo
Image Type
B&W print
Dimensions
3 x 7
Condition
good
Identified By
Marge Mullen
Date Cataloged
2/6/2001
Archive Location
KPC Anthropology Lab
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