Haymaker Well

A pioneer natural gas well on this site blew in on November 3, 1878. Named for the brothers Matthew and Obe Haymaker who drilled it, the well reached a depth of 1,400 feet to the Murrysville sandstone, a bed of porous rock similar to the boulder here. It produced 34 million cubic of gas daily, caught fire, and burned for 18 months before its flow was controlled and the fire extinguished. In 1884, gas from this well was piped into Pittsburgh, the first time gas was transported to a large metropolitan city by a corporation organized to produce and transport natural gas.

Murrysville, Pennsylvania · United States