Rig Friends

The old roughneck on Sun Oil Company Steam drilling rig. Premont, Texas, 1946. The steam engine throttle froze up, and the draw works clutch failed to disengage, the driller ran into the crown block, broke the drill line, and here it all came to the drill floor. The old roughneck standing by the traveling block.

This is a Regent Drilling rig in Canada in the 1950's...