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Haymaker Gas Well was the first productive gas well in the United States. It was named after the brothers who originally drilled it, Matthew and Obe Haymaker. They drilled to a depth of 1400 feet

History
""On this site a pioneer natural gas well "blew in" on November 3, 1878. Named for the brothers Matthew and Obe Haymaker who drilled it, the well was drilled to a depth of 1400 feet to the Murrysville sandstone, a bed of porous rock similar to the boulder which bears this tablet. The well produced at the rate of 34 cubic feet of gas daily. It caught fire and burned for 18 months before its flow was controlled and the fire extinguished. Gas from the well was piped into Pittsburgh in 1884. This was the first time that gas was transported to a large metropolitan city by a corporation organized to produce and transport natural gas.""

- Marker placed by the Pennsylvania Natural Gas Men's Association to commemorate and important event in this history of natural gas production. 1961