[BifRayRock]

Originally Posted by austlar1

Regarding the oil derrick at the Beverly Center. I could be dead wrong about this, but I seem to remember the thing being kind of wrapped inside of the parking entrance on the San Vicente side of the Beverly Center. I had the impression that it was still a functioning oil well at the time, but that was almost 30 years ago.

Oops, here's an update to the above. I just found this quote on Wikipedia regarding the oil wells:

"The mall's unusual shape and lack of street frontage along San Vicente Blvd is due to its location on top of the Salt Lake Oil Field. The western portion of the mall property contains a cluster of oil wells, all operated by Plains Exploration & Production, in a drilling enclosure that is active to this date.["

With respect, I think you have confused two different wells feeding from the same oil field. Judging from the older photos of intact derricks, there were wells all over the place. Who knows what was removed, buried over, capped, or even re-plumbed to flow to another location. Then there is "slant" drilling. I am reliably informed that there are many active and inactive wells in that general area, and just like ubiquitous cell phone towers, many are hidden in plain sight.

Oil field map:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...type=3&theater


http://originaldialogue.blogspot.com...ain-sight.html



Pico Boulevard:
http://www.flickr.com

Beverly Hills:
http://www.google.com

Regarding some little upstart company called . . . Honda on Pico Blvd. in '59:

http://www.autoweek.com/ http://www.autoweek.com/article/2009...NEWS/906119977 http://www.google.com