Oil Drilling Rig - Kit -- 12-1/4 x 4-5/8 x 14-3/16" 31.1 x 11.7 x 36cm

This kit models a typical shallow field drilling rig used in large numbers across the country in the 1930s and 40s. The welded steel towers, which replaced the wooden ones of earlier days, were cheap and easy to build, and were often left standing on the spot when a well was completed. Tool houses and draw works sheds were usuallly disassembled or simply moved intact on skids to the next nearby hole. Kit features wood and metal parts.