The Lakeview gusher of San Joaquin Valley of California was America’s most spectacular oil gusher. On March 15 of 1910, it erupted spewing out about 9.4 million barrels of raw, crude oil over the California countryside for about 18 months. Crews rushed to contain the river of crude oil with a system of unprepared sand bag dams and dikes. Amazingly, the gusher never caught fire during its gassy, 18-month stint. Half the oil was captured a processed but the rest flowed into local rivers, agricultural lands, the air and the water table.
What was the significance of this event??
2007-06-05
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