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Title
Hell's Half Acre: Early Days in the Great Alberta Oil Patch
ISBN
9781894384827
Book Title
Hell's Half Acre : Early Days in the Great Alberta Oil Patch
Item Length
9in
Publisher
Heritage House
Publication Year
2009
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.6in
Author
David Finch
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History, Social Science
Topic
Canada / General, Sociology / General, Commerce, Petroleum
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
11.3 Oz
Number of Pages
208 Pages

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Hell's Half Acre is the story of the people who lived and worked in Turner Valley, western Canada's first commercial oilfield, located southwest of Calgary. Beginning in 1914, the oil fields attracted thousands of workers from across North America to the drilling rigs, processing plants, and the pipeline crews that dug the first trenches. In addition to the beginnings of an oil industry, Turner Valley provided Alberta with a rich historical legacy of epic proportions, along with a cast of very colourful characters. Drawing on contemporary accounts and dozens of interviews with Turner Valley pioneers, as well as probing the vast visual history of archival photographs, David Finch captures the life and times of an exciting era in Alberta history. Imagine natural gas flares so plentiful and powerful that night turned into day and the glowing sky could be seen from Calgary. The smell of sour gas and its deadly effects were a constant danger, as were the primitive work conditions associated with the early years of oil exploration. But on the workers toiled, constructing massive drilling rigs out of huge timbers, working day and night in a relentless search for black gold. The Second World War brought an unprecedented level of urgency and tension to Turner Valley when the national treasure became a military target. These were fascinating times, and in Hell's Half Acre the people, the companies, the booms and the busts are all revealed in entertaining detail.

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Publisher
Heritage House
ISBN-10
1894384822
ISBN-13
9781894384827
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
Hell's Half Acre : Early Days in the Great Alberta Oil Patch
Author
David Finch
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Canada / General, Sociology / General, Commerce, Petroleum
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
208 Pages

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Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
11.3 Oz

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1 Vol.
Reviews
[C]onversational account. . . a good selection of archival photos --David W. Leonard in Canadian Book Review Annual|9781894384827|
Copyright Date
2005
Illustrated
Yes

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