Industry – Something of Interest https://www.somethingofinterest.com Random stuff I find interesting. Mon, 30 Jul 2018 14:42:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 LA was once covered in oil derricks https://www.somethingofinterest.com/la-was-once-covered-in-oil-derricks/ https://www.somethingofinterest.com/la-was-once-covered-in-oil-derricks/#respond Mon, 30 Jul 2018 14:40:55 +0000 http://www.somethingofinterest.com/?p=487 Surprisingly, Los Angeles, CA’s skyline was covered in oil derricks in the early days of the 20th Century. Another interesting fact: California accounted for a quarter of the world’s oil production in 1930. The full article at 99PI shows how some of these are still in plain sight today, only camouflaged.
Los Angeles Oil Derricks

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