Technological innovation and persistence in the Ontario oilfields
Some evidence from industrial archaeology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3918936 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dianne Newell (University of British Columbia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 184-195 |
| Publication date | 1983-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.1983.9979897 |
| OpenAlex | W1992345824 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Latest technologies may not always be applicable to local situations. Pumping methods on the low‐yield Ontario oilfields are described to illustrate the persistence of a relatively primitive technology where there was no clear economic advantage in increasing the rate of flow. The same techniques are shown to have been in use in Europe in the seventeenth century, if not before
Archaeology · Geotechnical engineering · Persistence (discontinuity · Yield (engineering · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Engineering · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |