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Star Drilling Machine

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This machine was probably manufactured in Chanute, Kansas in the late 1920s. It was used in eastern Kansas from the 1920s through the 1950s. When completely assembled, it was highly portable and moved easily by horses and a teamster. It is capable of making a hole more than 3500 feet deep with the cable tool rig motion.
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