McDonald Oil Field

McDonald Oil Field is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Washington County, dedicated 2012.

701 W Lincoln Ave. (SR 980)

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Oil was first struck here in 1890, and in 1891 and 1892 the field yielded the highest levels of oil in the world. Second only in Pa. history to the Bradford Oil Field in both size and production, it was instrumental in achieving the state's highest ever annual oil output in 1891, 31,424,000 barrels. The wells achieving Pennsylvania's highest daily oil production rates, Mevey No. 1 and Mathews No. 1, were located within three miles of here.

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1872 · Allegheny, Washington, Greene counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1889 · Pennsylvania (western portion). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Map of Pennsylvania. 93 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1904 · Carnegie, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall counties, 1873, covering the location of McDonald Oil Field, 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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McDonald Oil Field

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