The Tulsa Driller is a 76-foot-tall (23 m), 43,500-pound (19,700 kg) statue of an oil worker with his right hand resting on an oil derrick. It was originally built in 1953 by the Mid-Continent Supply Company of Fort Worth for the International Petroleum Exposition. Six years later, it was temporarily erected again for the 1959 show. Due to the positive attention it attracted, the company donated the statue to the Tulsa County Fairgrounds Trust Authority which had it permanently installed in front of the Tulsa Expo Center for the 1966 International Petroleum Exposition. The oil derrick under the statue's right hand rests was obtained from a depleted oil field in Seminole, Oklahoma.
To better appreciate the size of the statue, here are Molly and Will sitting on the railing around his left foot.
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11 comments:
Quite an imposing statue.
Darn, that's one big fellow.
Beautifully done :)!
Did you get to see the car that reversed through a carpark wall, seven stories up in Tulsa? Not surprisingly, it made our daily papers.
I love this statue.
That's a giant Tulsa gentleman!^^
That's a huge statue :)
Outstanding photo of a Tulsa icon.
You could not have picked a better day. The Tulsa Driller would make an excellent Sunday puzzle.
Well done!
Hey what a great structure, it has done well to survive the fifty odd years since it was built. Something you don't see everyday, thanks.
Funny
I like how his feet are encased by red railing
It's huuuge!
I noticed a lot of "small towns" in the US and Canada have some kind of similar landmarks. In New Zealand and Australia too, I took quite a few pictures of the "giant salmon", the "maori statue" etc.
The red railings are to keep him from walking away.
Actually they are to protect him from cars which pass by on the drive behind him.
*gulp* ... now THAT is big!
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