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Originally Posted by Los Angeles Past
BTW, wasn't that very near a big early oilfield? I seem to recall a nearby hillside there being thickly populated by oil derricks around the turn of the last century... |
1906 los angeles oil fields map of the wells just west of downtown. filled in circles represent producing wells, non filled circles represent non-producing wells.
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once again i have to apologize for the right scrolling required to see the full extent of the image, but i believe it is well worth the trouble!)
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Library of Congress