Texas Downtown Filled with Oil Towers c.1949

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted August 12, 2007

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Don't let 'em tell you that constructing power lines nor anything else for the benefit of this Nation's growing energy needs is unsightly. Here in the late 1940s these oil-rig "farms" were scattered through many Texas communities. Right through their downtowns...as you can see here!

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