Endless Cable System
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Invented by W. C. Stiles and installed here in 1870's by Volcanic Oil & Gas Co. Pumped as many as 40 wells from central power station via a system of graduated handmade wooden wheels and cables which conveyed motion to walking beam and sucker rod. Required one engine and operator, enabling profitable operation of low production wells until dismantled in 1979.
Site of state's first oil pipeline.
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