{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Drilling for oil on Venice Beach | Via \n Native Americans first discovered oil in California, as it seeped to the surface of the...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/135007447465/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://ryanpanos.tumblr.com/post/134956726950\" target=\"_blank\">ryanpanos</a>:</p><blockquote>\n<p>\n\nDrilling for oil on Venice Beach | <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2015/12/06/oil-drilling-beaches/#_OIo2Ma5ukqp\" target=\"_blank\">Via</a><br/></p>\n<p><i>Native Americans first discovered oil in California, as it seeped to the surface of the earth. They used it as a lubricant and sealant for canoes. It was later used for similar purposes by Spanish colonizers.</i></p>\n<p><i>As the state\u2019s population boomed in the decades following the gold rush of 1849, there was a rapidly growing demand for petroleum.</i></p>\n<p><i>Drilled in 1876, the first commercially successful oil well in California was Well No. 4 in the Pico Canyon Oilfield in the Santa Susana Mountains.</i></p>\n<p><i>More discoveries followed, from the Los Angeles City Oil Field in 1892 to Huntington Beach in 1920 and Long Beach in 1921.</i></p>\n<p><i>By 1920, California was producing 77 million barrels of oil a year, and vast stretches of the state were occupied by derricks, drilling rigs and refineries.</i></p>\n<p><i>In places such as Venice, California (now known as Marina del Rey), oil derricks ran right up to the shore, mingling with residential neighborhoods and pristine beaches.</i></p>\n</blockquote>\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_nz699iBi0w1qzpyz2o1_1280_4f1eaa42eb73.jpg\" />\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_nz699iBi0w1qzpyz2o9_1280_a7d99a770355.jpg\" />\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_nz699iBi0w1qzpyz2o2_1280_d93e085cb0b3.jpg\" />\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_nz699iBi0w1qzpyz2o3_1280_14e8859e6326.jpg\" />\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_nz699iBi0w1qzpyz2o4_1280_67052b22a994.jpg\" />\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_nz699iBi0w1qzpyz2o5_1280_c8520c72e6fd.jpg\" />\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_nz699iBi0w1qzpyz2o8_1280_a348e54eda3b.jpg\" />\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_nz699iBi0w1qzpyz2o6_1280_39334fca480a.jpg\" />\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_nz699iBi0w1qzpyz2o7_1280_68c8cc74e40f.jpg\" />\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_nz699iBi0w1qzpyz2o10_1280_61307bf5cb49.jpg\" />", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/tumblr_nz699iBi0w1qzpyz2o1_1280_4f1eaa42eb73.jpg", "thumbnail_width": 1200, "thumbnail_height": 1553}