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Photographer: Unknown
Caption:
William A. Smith | Additional Description: Courtesy the Drake Well Museum, PHMC Bureau of Historic Sites and Museums
"Uncle Billy" Smith, trained as a blacksmith, worked with Edwin Drake to drill the first successful oil well.
Submitted: July 27, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p164373
File Size: 0.006 Megabytes
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