So. Cal Gusher in Action

Gusher Black & Drake #1.

Gusher on Signal Hill

Crowd Gathers to View a Gusher

Shell Well on Fire

Signal Hill ca 1921

Looking West, near Cherry Avenue & Burnett Street

Signal Hill View

Signal Hill View

Refinery Cooling Tower

Refinery Cooling Tower – colorized

Looking East on Hill Street – ca 1925

Looking North East from St Louis & 19th

Looking North from St. Louis & 19th

View of Signal Hill from Downtown Long Beach

Wells, probably in Crescent Heights area

Cementing a Well

Out Standing in the Field

Hancock Oil, site of the 1958 oil fire

Hancock Fire, ca 1958

Hancock Fire, ca 1958

Signal Hill Aerial Photo 2004 – Looking Southeast from over the LA River at Spring St.

Looking East towards Signal Hill.
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Looking Northwest towards Burnett Street
from above Cherry Avenue.
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