Twenty-seven Refineries Operating in Oil Springs??!! Strange but true! This guest blog has been written by Colleen Inglis, a former archivist with Fairbank Oil. The information has been condensed from…
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Still in use around the clock at Fairbank Oil, the jerker line delivers power to the wells. Here we use wood for the jerker line but other Oil Springs producers…
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Charlie Fairbank, in blue plaid shirt, explains a display of 19th century tools and components that are used within the historic wells at Fairbank Oil. Photo by Andrew Meyer, County…
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They say that every picture tells a story and this photo tells of many stories. It was taken at the entrance to Fairbank Oil possibly in 1905 or earlier. The…
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Canada’s first oil gusher exploded with a roar in Oil Springs, Ontario 160 years ago in January. It was January 16, 1862 when John Shaw chiselled 52 metres into the…
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Charlie Fairbank hammering the loop hole he made in the iron rod to make a hanging iron for the jerker line. To step into our blacksmith shop is to step…
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Once again, an international conference with a tour of Fairbank Oil Fields and the Oil Museum of Canada, has been rescheduled due to Covid-19. It is now set for…
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Working quickly and efficiently with a slow moving tractor, Jim Gould and Stu Sharp, planted 6,720 seedling trees at Fairbank Oil Fields this summer. This is in addition to the…
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It’s a bit of a shock to us but our much-photographed barn mural is now 40 years old! It was the summer of 1981 when Charlie Fairbank decided that something…
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