"Did you know...?"
From the McKenzie files
 |
1891 - Carmody Brothers of Port Colborne awarded contract to drill first well for Dunnville Natural Gas Co. |
|
1912 - The Charles Ross Gas Company struck a well in Stromness that yielded more than 2 million cubic feet a day. Largest in Haldimand County. |
|
1915 - Work on the new pipeline for gas from Selkirk to Simcoe was to commence, Monday. |
|
1918 - Drillers working Lyndoch & St. Williams field hope to drill between 3 & 4 thousand feet at head of Long Point. |
|
1918 - Dominion to supply gas meters to the customers & rental not exceeding 10 cents per month. |
|
Local natural gas, at the wellhead, is 96% methane. |
...Learn more, come to the museum!
|
 |
 |
Collection of Antique Gas Metres.
An historical excerpt from a CDRM Inc. Newsletter, April 2007.
Cable drilling rig diagram.
SOMETHING FOR THE KIDS…
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR A PRINTABLE COPY FOR YOU TO PLAY AND LEARN WITH!
A drilling rig Fact Finder. Fold your fact finder and then start playing to find interesting facts about natural gas history.
