MODEL OF OIL DERRICK
YOUTH’S PRACTICAL - FEAT.
Bearing the stamp of as it has drilled to a depth of 50-feet, a .Work| ing model of an oil derrick and engine is exhibited at the /show. A solidly built derrick of wood stands'sft 3in high'and is a replica of the Moturoa Company’s steel derrick, built on a scale of fin to a foot. Together' with the power unit it appears to be complete in every de-, tail. An upright boiler, heated, by a primus stove, drives. a . Stewart-Turner vertical .engine which ,in turn supplies;, the power to operate the heavy ing beam” for percussion drilling.yt The constructor of the model is Afri Newton Inch, aged 18. He has constructed everything in the set himself. There is a complete set of drilling and fishing tools, the latter of strange shapes designed to catch and pull up dropped pieces of equipment. There is an “impression tool” for taking a copy of the condition of the bottom of the well, drills heavy and light, long and short, for rock, sand and clay. There are also bailers for cleaning out the bore. The derrick is lighted by electricity supplied by a motor battery.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 June 1932, Page 9
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198MODEL OF OIL DERRICK Taranaki Daily News, 8 June 1932, Page 9
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