The McGugin Gas Well

The McGugin Gas Well is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Washington County, dedicated 1967.

Henderson Rd. (PA 18) & Caldwell Rd.

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Drilled in 1882, one mile west of here, with the then largest flow of gas in the world, and later piped to Pittsburgh for light and heat. This initiated the beginning and development of the great oil and gas fields in southwestern Pennsylvania.

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Historical maps covering this location

1872 · Allegheny, Washington, Greene counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1877 · Index map to Atlas of the Upper Ohio River & Valley. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1878 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1904 · Burgettstown, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall counties, 1873, covering the location of The McGugin Gas Well, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall counties, 1873, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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The McGugin Gas Well

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