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The Drake Well is a 69.5-foot-deep (21.2 m) oil well in Cherrytree Township, Venango County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, the success of which sparked the first oil boom in the United States. The well is the centerpiece of the Drake Well Museum located 3 miles (5 km) south of Titusville. | The Drake Well is a 69.5-foot-deep (21.2 m) oil well in Cherrytree Township, Venango County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, the success of which sparked the first oil boom in the United States. The well is the centerpiece of the Drake Well Museum located 3 miles (5 km) south of Titusville<ref>Edgar Wesley Owen (1975) Trek of the Oil Finders, Tulsa, Okla.: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, p.12.</ref>. | ||
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[[File:Photograph showing Edwin L. Drake (right) and Drake Well in the background in Titusville, Pennslyvania.jpg|thumb|Drake Well|alt=|none]] | [[File:Photograph showing Edwin L. Drake (right) and Drake Well in the background in Titusville, Pennslyvania.jpg|thumb|Drake Well|alt=|none]] | ||