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Discovery Well - Alamitos No. 1
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DISCOVERY WELL SIGNAL HILL FIELD SHELL OIL COMPANY - ALAMITOS NO. 1 JUNE 25, 1921 ONE OF THE WORLDS'S MOST FAMOUS WELLS, ALAMITOS NO.1, WAS STARTED ON MARCH 23, 1921, AND WAS COMPLETED JUNE 25, 1921, AT A DEPTH OF 3,114 FEET, FLOWING 590 BARRELS OF OIL A DAY. THIS DISCOVERY WELL LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE OIL FIELDS IN THE WORLD AND HELPED ESTABLISH CALIFORNIA AS A MAJOR OIL PRODUCING STATE. THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATING ALAMITOS NO. 1 IS A TRIBUTE TO THE PETROLEUM PIONEERS FOR THEIR SUCCESS HERE, A SUCCESS WHICH HAS, BY AIDING IN THE GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY, CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO THE WELFARE OF MANKIND. ----- DEDICATED MAY 3, 1952 SHELL OIL COMPANY THE PETROLEUM PIONEERS STATE REGISTERED LANDMARK NO. 580 |
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ALAMITOS NO. 1 DISCOVERY WELL RECOGNIZED AS AN OFFICIAL BICENTENNIAL LANDMARK PLACED BY SIGNAL HILL CITY COUNCIL SIGNAL HILL BICENTENNIAL COMMISION MAYOR KEATON K. KING VICE-MAYOR NICK A. MEKIS COUNCILMAN WILLIAM F. MENDENHALL COUNCILMAN J. ENNIS NEFF COUNCILMAN GERTRUDE A. BEEBE COMMISIONERS DORIS M. MILLER MARJORIE E. POSNER, WILLIAM F. MENDENHALL DEDICATED JANUARY 1, 1976 |
| The Discovery Well, Alamitos No. 1, is located in the city of Signal Hill at the corner of Temple Ave and East Hill Street. See map. |
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