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In my first visit to Los Angeles, I was amazed to see oil pumps. I had no idea that that was a thing.
by emmelaich 8y ago
In my first visit to Los Angeles, I was amazed to see oil pumps. I had no idea that that was a thing.
- dreamcompiler 8y agoLA doesn't talk about it loudly these days, but it was built on oil [0]. There are still oil pools at ground level in LA [1]. [0] https://www.stand.la/history-of-oil-in-los-angeles.html https://www.stand.la/history-of-oil-in-los-angeles.html [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Brea_Tar_Pits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Brea_Tar_Pits
- emmelaich 8y agoI had heard of the tar pits beforehand, and even visited them while was there. But hadn't made the inference that there would be still viable oil wells!