Titusville,western pennsylvania in 1859 .Aug 27
The first commercial productive oil well drilled by Edwin L. Drake was in Titusville, Pennsylvania.
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Titusville
Edwin Drake (the Edwin Drake Well)
Edwin Drake invented the oil drill and drilled the first oil well in history. By the time he died, Drake had drilled two more wells.
Edwin Drake
August 27, 1859
Edwin L. Drake
It was drilled in Pennsylvania by a man named Edwin Drake and he drilled the well in 1859 near titusville. By: Raysean Potts
Edwin Drake drilled the first oil well in 1859 near Titusville, P.A.
The first oil well was drilled in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. It was drilled by Edwin L. Drake, whose Idea it was. Everyone thought that this was ridiculous then, and called his idea "Drake's Folly." They stopped laughing when it produced immense amounts of oil.
Edwin Drake drilled the first oil well in 1859 near Titusville, P.A.
Edwin Drake drilled the first oil well in the U.S.A. in 1859 near Titusville, P.A. He actually struck oil on Saturday 27th October of that year.
In 1859, Edwin Drake was the first man to drill a commercial oil well in the US in the middle of quiet farm country in northwestern Pennsylvania in 1859.